Vladimir Valdivia

Vladimir Valdivia, pianist, was born in Lima, Peru and began studying at the National Conservatory of Music in Lima when he was five years old. As a child he gave concerts in Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil and performed as a soloist with many orchestras. In 1988 he completed his studies, received a diploma as a solo pianist and was awarded the gold medal for excellence.

In 1989 Vladimir Valdivia travelled to Germany on a concert tour and was immediately given a DAAD scholarship. He won the Bavarian Radio and the Hessian Radio (or Hessian Broadcasting Corporation) competitions resulting in performances with the Munich Youth Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Collegium of Music in Bonn, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Carlsbad Symphony Orchestra, the Georgian Chamber Orchestra and the Kamakura Symphony Orchestra in Kamakura and Kyoto, Japan.

Vladimir performs solo concerts in prestigious venues in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain, Sweden, Japan, the USA, South Africa and South America. He has collaborated with Dr Aylish Kerrigan for the past ten years premiering new works by internationally recognized composers, German Lieder and German and American theatre music.