The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra performed two extremely contrasting symphonies at Sage Gateshead – Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony and new Philip Glass’s Eleventh Symphony under the baton of Vasily Petrenko. Despite this fundamental difference, endlessly...
Vasily Petrenko undertakes a major tour of China with London Philharmonic Orchestra, bringing Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel to life at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and explores rich repertoire with leading orchestras in Montreal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra),...
Vasily Petrenko won the prestigious Artist Of The Year award at last night’s Gramophone Classical Music Awards. Petrenko, who previously won the Young Artist Of The Year award in 2007, has enjoyed a stellar year in which his recordings of Tchaikovsky’s...
Vasily’s most recent recordings from his Tchaikovsky symphony cycle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphonies 3, 4 & 6, have won Gramophone’s Recording of The Month for February. This follows from the success of Symphonies 1, 2 &...
Vasily Petrenko, Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, was admitted to the Roll of Citizens of Honour of the City of Liverpool in a special ceremony today at Liverpool Town Hall. His is the 28th recipient of the award which recognises...
“THE LOSS OF THE EUYO WOULD BE A CATASTROPHIC LOSS TO THE MUSICAL COMMUNITY ACROSS EUROPE. MOREOVER, IF THE EUROPEAN UNION STOPS INVESTING IN ITS YOUNG PEOPLE AND ITS CULTURE IT WILL UNDERMINE ITS OWN CREDIBILITY AND FUTURE” “I was extremely shocked and saddened when...
