Ivan Podyomov (born in 1986 in Arkhangelsk, Russia) is a Russian oboist.
He is laureate of the second prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich 2007 and 2011, the first prize at the Prague Spring International Music Competition 2008, the first prize of the renowned international oboe competition in Karuizawa, Japan 2009, as well as the special prizes from the Pro Harmonia Mundi Foundation and The Bohuslav Martinu Foundation. He commenced his musical education at the Moscow Gnessins Special Music School in 1993 studying recorder with Ivan Pushetchnikov. In 1996 he began oboe studies with the same professor, graduating in 2003. Since 2006 Ivan has been studying with Maurice Bourgue at the Geneva Conservatorium of Music.
Ivan Podyomov is prizewinner of numerous musical prizes. At the age of eleven he won first prize in the Russian television competition Young Musicians of Moscow. In 1998 he was overall winner of the Moscow Young Oboists Competition and the Moscow Woodwind Ensemble Competition. In the Concertino Praga competition in 1998 Ivan was given honorary mention of the jury and became the youngest laureate of the year. In 2005 he won first prize at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition in St. Petersburg.
He has performed concertos with orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Collegium Musicum Basel, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, the Pilsen Philharmonic, the Hofer Simfoniker and the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra. As soloist and chamber musician Ivan Podyomov has performed at many venues throughout Europe, including the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Herculessaal and Prinzregententheater in Munich, and the Rudolfinum in Prague. He plays at many music festivals including the Prague Spring, Brandenburg Summer Concerts, ARD Chamber Music Festival, Nymphenburge Summer Music Festival and does recordings for radios in Germany, Czech Republic and Russia. Also Ivan plays often as guest principal oboist with orchestras such as the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Russian Philharmonie and others.
His upcoming appearances include the debut with Deutschlandradio Kultur in Berlin Philharmonie with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the solo recital in Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, performance at the Prague Spring Festival with the Czech Chamber Philharmonie, various concerts in Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, Slovakia, Russia and recordings for German and Czech radios.