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Vasily Petrenko to conduct Piano Finals of the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition
Vasily Petrenko will conduct the piano finals of the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition. Taking place in the Great Hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory on 25, 26 and 27 June, the finals will be broadcast on medici.tv. The State Academic...
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Vasily Petrenko Conducts His First Concert With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Since Being Announced as Music Director From the 2021-22 Season
On Tuesday 11 June 2019, Vasily Petrenko marks his first appearance with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since their announcement to appoint him as Music Director from the 2021-22 season. The final concert in the RPO’s current season, Petrenko will...
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ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA 2019-2020 SEASON ANNOUNCED
• 14th season under the baton of Chief Conductor, Vasily Petrenko • Petrenko will conduct the complete Mahler Symphony Cycle in chronological order in 2020 • Artists in Residence – Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello, Liverpool-born Jennifer...
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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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