In 2026, Maksym Shadko took part in the international project EuroPiano – Tune in to Europe in Harmony! His performance of Borys Liatoshynsky’s Slavic Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, accompanied by the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine and musicians of the Kyiv Camerata ensemble under the baton of Keri-Lynn Wilson, was recorded in Kyiv and broadcast on ARTE.
The pianist also contributed to the recording of Dictum (2025–2026), a major project dedicated to the complete cycle of Yevhen Stankovych’s chamber symphonies, performing as a pianist.
In 2025, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Classical Music Foundation, Maksym released the album Music of Kharkiv.
Born in Kharkiv in 1993, Maksym studied at the Kharkiv Specialized Music School (in the class of Professor Nataliia Avramenko) and the Kharkiv National University of Arts named after Ivan Kotliarevsky (in the class of Professor Tetiana Vierkina). In 2022, he earned a PhD in Music.
Since 2025, Maksym has also been teaching piano at the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv Music Lyceum.
Maksym is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including the Volodymyr Krainev International Competition for Young Pianists (2004, Ukraine), the Night in Madrid International Competition (2014, Spain), the Borys Liatoshynsky International Competition (2014, France), the First Open Competition Kharkiv Assemblies (2016, Ukraine), the Kyiv International Piano Competition (2018, Ukraine), and the Franz Liszt Center Piano Competition (2021, Spain).
He has performed as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, the Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, the Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Lviv National Philharmonic, the orchestras of the Dnipro and Kharkiv Philharmonics, the Kyiv Camerata ensemble, the Chamber Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, and others.
Since 2023, he has been a soloist of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine.
He has participated in masterclasses with renowned professors and pianists, including Pavel Gililov, Sergei Edelman, Wolfgang Manz, Giuliano Mazzoccante, Lev Natochenny, and Milana Chernyavska, as well as masterclasses at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Germany.
In 2020, he was personally selected by Maestro Murray Perahia to participate in his masterclass, organized by the renowned music publisher G. Henle to mark the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. In 2023, he attended masterclasses organized by the Wilhelm Kempff Cultural Foundation in Positano, Italy.
In 2013 and 2014, Maksym co-organized the International Festival for Young Composers and Performers Days of New Music in Kharkiv. He has also performed at numerous festivals, including Kharkiv Music Fest, the Contrasts International Contemporary Music Festival (Lviv), Virtuosos (Lviv), Bouquet Kyiv Stage (Kyiv), and Kharkiv Assemblies.
Since 2018, he has received grant support from VERE MUSIC FUND.