Brodsky was born in Kiev as a descendant of Adolf Brodsky, a remarkable artist who was the first person to perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Vadim Brodsky started playing the violin when he was six. Five years later, he performed as a soloist with the Kiev Symphony Orchestra, playing Violin Concerto by Dmitri Kabalevsky, conducted by the composer himself.

Brodsky studied under Olga Parkhomenko and David Oystrakh. As a young player, he won a number of first prizes at international competitions, including the Wieniawski Competition in Poznań (1977), the Paganini in Genoa (1984) and the Varga in Siona, Switzerland. The victory in the Wieniawski Competition opened doors to concert halls across Europe. Unfortunately, the Soviet authorities did not allow the young violinist to tour outside the USSR, thus interrupting his promising career for five years. It was only in 1981 when the artist came to Poland, where he instantly became very popular. In 1982, Brodsky embarked on his first large concert tour in the United States. His debut in New York City was a huge success. Among the audience were numerous outstanding violin players and professors from the Manhattan School of Music, which resulted in Brodsky signing a contract with the Musical Heritage Society. For the society, Brodsky recorded violin concertos by Brahms, Paganini, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns and Wieniawski, and also made a special recording of six Sonatas for Violin in Solo by Eugene Ysaye.

The following years brought further concerts, and Brodsky played with such excellent orchestras as the Moscow, London and St. Petersburg Philharmonics, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw and the orchestra in Geneva. He also played with the Symphony Orchestra in Seville at the opening of the new Teatro de al Maestranza, built for the World Expo '92. Brodsky regularly works for Italian TV and the RAI Orchestra. His recordings include Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, Paganini's Fourth Violin Concerto and The Four Seasons by Vivaldi. In 1998, Brodsky was one of the few violinists allowed to play a recital on the famous Paganini violin (work of Italian violin maker Guarneri del Gesu). The violin was carried onto the stage by Italian police and the recital was recorded for television and released on CD.

The concert programs for March 14 (7:30 p.m.) and March 15 (6 p.m.) feature the suite from the opera Love for Three Oranges op. 33 bis; First Violin Concerto in D major op. 19; and Third Symphony in C minor op. 44 by Sergei Prokofiev.