Born in a family with a long musical tradition Vladimir Mendelssohn followed the destiny of the name and studied viola and composition.
After finishing his studies he followed a dual career which brought him all over the world in his solo and chamber music duties as well as in the composer or arranger opportunities.

Vladimir Mendelssohn has performed in the U.S.A ( New York Carnegie Hall Washington Chicago Boston Miami Atlanta etc,
France Paris Theatre des Champs Elisees, Radio, Salle Gaveau, Cite de la musique, Theatre Sarah Bernhard etc) Nice -for 8 years at the famous accademy, Prades at the Casals Festival since the 80 ties, Montpellier at the festival de Radio France etc
Belgium Brussel(Palais des beaux Arts)Antwerp etc  Germany Berlin(Berliner Philharmonie) Munich (Herculeszaal) Leipzig (Gewandhaus) as well as Hamburg Dresden and other, Great-Britain London(Wigmore hall, Conway Hall, BBC radio ) Manchester, Edinborough Holland Amsterdam (Concertgebouw, Carre Theather, De Ysbreker    Rotterdam( De Doelen) The Hague ( Phillips Hall)
Scandinavia ( Stockholm Oslo Helsinki, Kuhmo since the 80 ties, Goetteborg
 Italy Rome (Santa Cecilia) Torino (RAI and Antidogma Musica)
 Milano, Venice, Portogruaro Academy since the 80 ties, Austria Vienna Musikverein Konzerthaus, Salzburg, Lockenhaus since the 80ties
 Russia Moscow conservatory, st.Petersburg  Switzerland Zurich -Tonhalle Basel Geneve Bern etc
 his native country Roumania Bucharest (Ateneu, Radio,Philhamony ) Cluj Iasi etc
 Bulgary Sofia Yougoslavia Belgrad Greece Athens and Thessaloniki
Turkey Istanbul (Ataturk center hall ) Israel Tel Aviv Jerusalem
Portugal Lisbon( Gulbenkian hall) Porto
Spain Madrid Teatro real, Barcelona Palau de la musica & Auditori  Czechoslovakia Prague and Bratislava festival   South Coreea,  Japan Tokio( Bunka kaikan Suntory ) Osaka Nagoya Kyushu chamber music festival unninterrupted since the 90 ties  Honk Kong, Tunesia Cartagena festiva South America Rio Santiago Sao paolo Mexico etc

RECORDINGS ( LP, CD, DVD ) ECM, DENON,FORLANE,OTTAVO, ELECTRECORD(l.p.) ONDINE, Nippon COLUMBIA,ERATO, CBS, ONDINE getting the AVRO public prize for his Brahms Lieder with Jaard van Nes PAVANE
Among his compositions are to be quoted :
CHAMBER MUSIC  4 String quartets, One String quartett with Percussion,, NOVA for Clarinet string trio Piano & percussion DON ALDEBARRAN for 7 string instr. piano and actor, COUNT ESTERHAZY's WINTER GARDENS for viola bariton (instrument)& cello
MIXED CHOIR    Winter  SYMPHONIC  HISTOIRE VERITABLE DE L'EXECRABLE COUNT DRACULA and SYMPHONY  for orchestra premiered in Helsinki cond.  Jean-Jacques Kantorow,CHAMBER ORCHESTRA  La notte de la Fuga 24 (string quartet & string orchestra), Three Caprices # 4 for chamber orchestra( 2pianos-three players ob kl fg hr trp & string quintet TWO POSTCARDS FROM NOWHERE for VIOLIN & Ch. Orchestra ( strings + piano +vibraphone)premiered 2002 - Carnegie Hall- New York With Gidon Kremer soloist/conductor, From THE BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS for actor and instruments premiered in 2003 - Italy - conductor V Mendelssohn etc BALLET MUSIC  for Le petit prince (KB clarinet, harp synthesiser, percussion strings and electronics ), STAGE MUSIC  for ATHALIE ( Racine) and LES MOUCHES (Sartre) FILM MUSIC for LE JOUEUR DE VIOLON featuring Gidon Kremer etc