A World Premiere for the End of the Season
The Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth’s season ends on a high note with the CMSFW Ensemble, featuring Fort Worth favorite Vadym Kholodenko, a Van Cliburn gold medalist, and a world premiere composition on Saturday, May 9 at 2 p.m. at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

The ensemble includes Vadym Kholodenko, piano; CMSFW Artistic Director Gary Levinson, violin; Jennifer Betz, violin; D.J. Cheek, viola; and Allan Steele, cello. Betz, Cheek and Steele are members of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
The multimedia pre-concert presentation begins at 1:15 p.m. Levinson discusses context and insight to the program’s composers and music, including the world premiere of Edward Green’s Trio for Strings: “A Drama in Two Acts.”
“A passionate musician with an inherent muscularity and weight to his touch, Kholodenko plays with great colour, poetry, and verve,” according to the New York Classical Review.

Vadym Kholodenko/Photo by Jean-Baptiste Millot
Vadym Kholodenko is the gold medalist of the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He has a long history with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. He was its first artistic partner in 2014, with a three-year commitment of live recordings of Sergei Prokofiev’s complete piano concertos, various concert performances and other FWSO programs.
Kholodenko debuted with London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2017 and has led major orchestras around the world in Vienna, Budapest, Milan, Taiwan, Sydney and Tokyo, as well as leading orchestras in the United States.
Born in Ukraine, his recordings have earned editor’s choice awards from BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone and a prestigious Diapason d’Or de l’annee (translated as “Golden Tuning Fork of the year” from Diapason, a French music magazine).
Program
Johannes Brahms — Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78
Edward Green — Trio for Strings (World Premiere)
Cesar Franck — Piano Quintet in F Minor
Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. Prices are $45 for general admission, $40 for seniors and $10 for students.


