VASILY PETRENKO

Music Director, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chief Conductor, European Union Youth Orchestra
Conductor Laureate , Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Artistic Director, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (“Evgeny Svetlanov”)

VASILY PETRENKO

Music Director, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chief Conductor, European Union Youth Orchestra
Conductor Laureate , Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Artistic Director Designate, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (“Evgeny Svetlanov”)

VASILY PETRENKO

Music Director, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chief Conductor, European Union Youth Orchestra
Conductor Laureate , Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Artistic Director Designate, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (“Evgeny Svetlanov”)

VASILY PETRENKO

Music Director, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Chief Conductor, European Union Youth Orchestra
Conductor Laureate , Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Artistic Director Designate, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (“Evgeny Svetlanov”)

NEWS

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RECORDINGS

Elgar - Sea Pictures, The Music Makers


Kathryn Rudge mezzo-soprano
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Onyx / 2020

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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 ‘Emperor’

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 ‘Emperor’

11/03/2022
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 / Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 27

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 / Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 27

17/05/2021
Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau & Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin

Zemlinsky: Die Seejungfrau & Schreker: Der Geburtstag der Infantin

22/04/2021
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 & Myaskovsky Symphony No. 21

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 & Myaskovsky Symphony No. 21

25/11/2020
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version); Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique fantasque

Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version); Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique fantasque

30/10/2020
Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Works

Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Works

22/05/2020
Elgar – Sea Pictures, The Music Makers

Elgar – Sea Pictures, The Music Makers

24/04/2020
Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24

Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24

14/02/2020
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Khachaturian, Kabalevsky, Shchedrin & Rachmaninov

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & Khachaturian, Kabalevsky, Shchedrin & Rachmaninov

22/11/2019
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Liszt: Piano Works

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Liszt: Piano Works

18/10/2019
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2

11/10/2019
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Don Juan, Op. 20; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Don Juan, Op. 20; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

26/09/2019
Elgar: Enigma Variations

Elgar: Enigma Variations

20/05/2019
R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra & Ein Heldenleben

R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra & Ein Heldenleben

20/05/2019
Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 & Prometheus

Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 & Prometheus

20/05/2019

CONCERTS

07jul19:30Liverpool, UK - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Liadov, Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov19:30 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

10jul14:30Liverpool, UK - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Liadov, Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov14:30 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall

14jul19:30Southbank, Australia - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Williams, Laing, Elgar19:30 Hamer Hall

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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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