Dmytro Udovichenko
VIOLIN

“An interpretation that will profoundly move us through the simplicity of its expression and the mastery of a virtuosity free of all display <...> The Kharkiv-born musician is truly the revelation of the evening!”

–Bachtrack

Winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition (2024) and the Montréal International Violin Competition (2023), the young Ukrainian Dmytro Udovychenko is a phenomenon that inspires growing curiosity and admiration worldwide. The 26-year old native of Kharkiv continues to refine his artistry at the Kronberg Academy; his current mentors are Boris Garlitsky and Christian Tetzlaff. Leonidas Kavakos chose him as his soloist for a concert with Athens State Orchestra.

“In the hall, everyone held their breath, hardly daring to move, so extreme was the tension.  Dmytro Udovychenko possesses a true musical intelligence and a unique way of thinking  through each of his intentions.”

— Le Soir (Belgique)

This season Dmytro Udovychenko’s artistic partners include Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Gürzenich Orchestra, with whom he plays the Sibelius Concerto at Cologne Philharmonic; Oksana Lyniv, who accompanies him in Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 both with l’Orchestre National de France at the Maison de la Radio in Paris and with the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna at Auditorio Manzoni. Among other season highlights are a benefit concert for Germany’s largest crisis helpline at Konzerthaus Berlin, a collaboration with a member of the Vienna Philharmonic Harald Krumpöck and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra at the Wiener Konzerthaus and a Carnegie Hall debut in May 2026.

Next season Dmytro Udovychenko will partner with Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Center.

Mr. Udovychenko’s previous partners include l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal and  Rafael Payare, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Natalia Ponomarchuk, the Finnish  Radio Orchestra and Dima Slobodeniuk, the Strasbourg Philarmonic Orchestra and Aziz  Shokhakimov, the NDR Radiophilharmonie and Icelandic Philharmonic Orchestra with  Andrew Manze. Two of Ukraine’s top orchestras – National Philarmonic Orchestra of Ukraine and Kyiv Symphony Orchestra – have performed with Dmytro Udovychenko, the latter at the  Berlin Philharmonic. 

His recital tour has taken him to the Elbphilharmonie, Wigmore Hall, BOZAR, Seoul Arts  Center, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, and many other prestigious venues across the globe. 

Mr. Udovychenko is also a laureate of the Sibelius Competition, the Singapore International  Violin Competition, and the Joseph Joachim Competition in Hanover, where he won Second Prize in 2018.

Dmytro Udovychenko plays the Huggins Stradivarius on generous loan from the Nippon  Foundation. He is supported by the Vere Music Fund, Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz, and  Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.