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Love Stories: Vasily Petrenko and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra return to Edinburgh International Festival
Vasily Petrenko and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra return to Edinburgh International Festival on Thursday 16 August with a programme of compositions shaped by aspects of love. “Petrenko elicited the most magical and evocative of touches from an orchestra that responds as...
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Vasily Petrenko Makes “Brilliant” and “Fearless Debut with the Berlin Philharmonic
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Vasily Petrenko to Receive Honorary Degree from the University of York
Vasily Petrenko is among eight leading figures from the world of performing arts, politics, business and journalism to receive honorary degrees from the University of York. The University of York confers the honorary degree of Doctor of the University honoris causa on...
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ABOUT
Vasily Petrenko was born in 1976 and started his music education at the St Petersburg Capella Boys Music School – the oldest music school in Russia. He then studied at the St Petersburg Conservatoire and has also participated in masterclasses with such major figures as Ilya Musin, Mariss Jansons, and Yuri Temirkanov. Following considerable success in a number of international conducting competitions including the Fourth Prokofiev Conducting Competition in St Petersburg (2003), First Prize in the Shostakovich Choral Conducting Competition in St Petersburg (1997) and First Prize in the Sixth Cadaques International Conducting Competition in Spain, he was appointed Chief Conductor of the St Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2007.
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