Overview
Proclaimed by press as “a true Russian Powerhouse” for achievements as a cellist at a very early age, Mark’s interdisciplinary work in business and cultural industries has led him to become one of the most promising and innovative entrepreneurs.
Mark currently occupies the position of Programming Director of Performing Arts at NOACK Kulturforum and Artistic Director at the Althafen Foundation in Berlin. Meanwhile he continues his performing and recording career as an artist of IBS Classical Label.
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2003-2011 | Republican Music College of Belarus (Studio of Vladimir Perlin)
2012-2016 | Pre-Conservatory Program of Shattuck St. Mary’s school and University of Minnesota (Studio of Tanya Remennikova)
2016-2020 | Kovner Fellowship (Bachelor of Music) at the Juilliard School (Studio of Richard Aaron)
2020-2022 | Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar (Master of Music. Studio of Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt)
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The success of his debut at the age of 9 at the Musica Mundi festival in Belgium and Chat el Ro concert series in France led to follow up engagements with concert series and orchestras around the world.
Since than, Mark Prihodko has regularly appeared as soloist and chamber musician on the stages of Carnegie Hall, Moscow Philharmonic Hall, Suntory Hall, Concertgebouw, Bolshoi Theater, Berliner Philharmoniker and Alice Tully Hall. His list of artistic collaborations includes engagements with renowned musicians, such as Barbara Hannigan, Sarah Chang, Gavriel Lipkind, Tatiana Goncharova and Mahan Esfahani.
He has led masterclasses at the Barcelona Conservatory ESMUC (Barcelona), Bilkent University (Ankara), Manhattan School of Music (New York), Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Moscow), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) and the Republican Music College (Belarus).
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Mark’s production career started with the launch of ARTEMP Collaborative Contemporary Art Festival in 2017. After a successful year-long pilot run in Minsk Belarus, it transformed into a production center of intercultural projects “Artemp Inc.” in New York City.
With a broad range of production expertise, Mr. Prihodko has carried out projects, as varied as documentaries and commercial scale photo campaigns, festivals, books, academies, concert series, media companies, exhibitions, and cultural diplomacy platform commissions.
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A boutique consultancy firm, Mark Prihodko Consultancy launched in New York (2020), and in Berlin (2022), offering solutions in areas of culture and business development.
The mission of MP consultancy is keyed in offering tailor-made disruptive solutions with an option of in-house implementation. An international network of financial, legal and IT specialists at the root of the implementation hub is what allows the consultancy to rapidly scale-up, while preserving internal transparency and external confidentiality.
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“It is my responsibility to empower the students to continuously teach themselves by cultivating the urge to find, analyze and implement information”
By employing methodologies such as backwards learning, design thinking, and case study, the students are able to grasp the principle of the topic’s formation and its contextual co-relation. The interdisciplinary approach allows each student to understand the subject from various perspectives in historical context, enabling them to accurately apply newly gained knowledge into their lifetime work.
La Crosse Tribune
“A True Russian Powerhouse”
Ilona Oltuski - GetClassical
“Mark uniquely applies himself to solving tasks even before they are identified. He has a broad bandwidth of knowledge, which he generously shares with his clients, making them part of the family circle.”
Mastatstvo Magazine
“Mr. Prihodko’s interdisciplinary talent is magnetic. His ability to achieve success in everything he does surely presents a great value for the future of the arts”
Pioneer Press