Vadim Baev was born in the Russian city of Severodvinsk on the White Sea. He received his first accordion lessons at the age of five from Tamara Faleva and later had lessons from Svetlana Farber in the local Music College. In 2008 he moved to Moscow where he studied music at Gnesin Russian Academy of Music under Prof. Yuri Sidorov. From 2014 to 2017 he was enrolled in the Masters program at the Cologne University of Music and Dance, working under Helmut Quakernack.
Vadim has many notable achievements to his credit and is a prize winner in Russian and international competitions. His talent has been supported by many scholarships and grants, including the Werner Richard — Dr. Carl Dörken Foundation and Live Music Now (Cologne).
His regular concert activities as accordionist include Trio SpiegelBild, the theatre ensemble La Môme Piaf, the klezmer group The Klezmer Tunes, and the band Chanson Trottoir. These have led him to many solo and chamber music concerts in Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Russia.
Since May, 2022 he has worked as an accordion teacher at the Rhenish School of Music in Cologne.
