Vladimir
Denissenkov

Vladimir Denissenkov was born in Chernovtsy (Ukraine) on March 30th 1956. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1979. He won an accordion world contest in Caracas in 1981. From 1981 to 1990 he performed with the Moscow Philharmonic. He was the winner of two traditional Russian music contests in USSR. From 1986 to 1989 he was a guest of the group "Zvoni Ruskie" on all major USSR TV channels . He was frequently a guest at the Moscow State Radio. He has performed in 40 countries around the world including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, England, Norway, Finland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland. Since 1995 he has worked Italy as a performer, as a soloist and with collaborations with top class musicians, including Fabrizio De André, Moni Ovadia and Ludovico Einaudi. He has collaborated with the Italian comedians Ale and Franz of "Zelig" and with many other artists, including Licia Maglietta, Ottavia Piccolo, Lella Costa. He 'composed the soundtrack of the film "Il Mondo Addosso" by Constanza Quatriglio, presented at the 1st International Film Festival in Rome in October 2006. In September 2007 he took part in the festival MiTo Settembre Musica. In March 2009 he was invited by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinal palace, where he performed in a concert broadcast live on the National Channel "Radio 3". He appeared as a guest in various Italian TV programs on RAI 1, RAI-2 and RAI-3, LA7, Telelombardia.