Vadim Pruzhanov

Vadim Igorevich Pruzhanov () (born June 18, 1982 in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian musician, and was the keyboardist of the UK power metal band DragonForce until his departure in 2018.

Personal life
He was born in Chernihiv, Ukraine. He started to learn piano when he was 8 years old, and enrolled in music school.

He was interested in rock music when he was 12 years old, and started to compose. 

The young Ukrainian attended a Catholic 6th form college in North West London where he studied art and design. One of his first live performances was playing guitar in an all in one catsuit covered with tassles covering Steve Vai. He went on to meet DragonForce members in London in his school days. After that he met Herman Li again at club house, and joined DragonForce. Many songs of DragonForce are composed by him and Herman Li.

Pruzhanov left DragonForce in 2018. 

Discography
 Valley of the Damned - (2003)
 Sonic Firestorm - (2004)
 Inhuman Rampage - (2006)
 Ultra Beatdown - (2008)
 The Power Within - (2012)
 Maximum Overload - (2014)
 Reaching into Infinity - (2017)

Playing influence
He is famous for very fast keyboard playing. Sometimes he plays shoulder keyboard with his tongue or head. 

He sticks to making sounds. He doesn't like ordinary sounds such as strings and chorus.

References

Other websites
 Vadim's page on Metal Archives
 Vadim's page on DragonForce.com 

Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:Keyboardists
Category:Heavy metal musicians
Category:Ukrainian musicians
Category:DragonForce
Category:People from Chernihiv Oblast