Jul 2, 2026 | News
“Thanks to the team at Arts Professional for an insightful assessment of the RPO’s new annual audience report, I was delighted to contribute comment to the insightful piece and it is so encouraging to see firm evidence that the orchestral audience is growing and...
Jul 1, 2026 | News
“Thanks to the team at The Yorkshire Times for my interview on the RPO’s 80th anniversary season. Local journalism plays such an important role in the UK, signposting people to music and also supporting music venues across the UK. For the new 2026-7 RPO season, I am...
Jun 25, 2026 | News
The new RPO anniversary season 2026-7 will see many new milestones for the Orchestra. One important personal milestone for Music Director, Vasily Petrenko, will be his debut at London’s Cadogan Hall. Vasily comments: “This is the first season in which I will be...
Jun 23, 2026 | News
As he prepares to return to the BBC Proms in August with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily reflects on what the festival means to him: “It’s always a pleasure to return to Europe’s largest classical music festival. It’s very special to play in the...
Jun 22, 2026 | News
This week, Vasily Petrenko is leading the 2026 Academy for Young Conductors in Yerevan, Armenia. With applications received from young conductors spanning 22 countries, Vasily reflects on his work for the week ahead – he comments: “My job there is not to judge, it is...
Jun 15, 2026 | News
As a musical argument, paced shrewdly across almost an hour by Petrenko, it was overwhelming.” Many thanks to Ivan Hewitt at The Telegraph for a positive review of the RPO concert, featuring Scriabin’s Third Symphony. You can listen to the concert on BBC Radio 3...
