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Vasily Petrenko’s New Album “Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 ‘Emperor’ & 0” Available Now
Conductor Vasily Petrenko's new album Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 5 'Emperor' & 0 is available now on Naxos Records. This album follows a successful release of Beethoven's First and Second Piano Concertos in 2020, featuring Boris Glitburg and the Royal...
Statement from Vasily Petrenko
The tragedy unfolding in Ukraine is already one of the greatest moral failures and humanitarian disasters of our century. The historic and cultural ties between the Russian and Ukrainian peoples, of which I am proud, can never be used to justify Russia’s invasion. In...
Vasily Petrenko and RPO Embark on US tour in January 2022
In January 2022, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will return to the USA for the first time in two years for a coast-to-coast tour, for a grand total of fourteen concerts in nine venues across the country. Taking place during the orchestra’s 75th anniversary, the...
Watch: Vasily Petrenko in conversations with YolanDa Brown!
Award-winning UK saxophonist and broadcaster, YolanDa Brown, sat down with Vasily Petrenko back in August 2021, at the start of his tenure as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's new Music Director. The four-part video series covers a range of topics from Vasily's new...
Vasily Petrenko Jumps in to Make Filarmonica della Scala Debut 31 October
Vasily Petrenko will make his Filarmonica della Scala debut on 31 October. He stands in for Marc Albrecht, who has been forced to withdraw due to illness. The programme celebrates the music of Richard Strauss, beginning with the intermezzo Traumerei am Kamin and...
Vasily Petrenko & RLPO Nominated for South Bank Sky Arts Award for Mahler 1 & 2
Vasily Petrenko and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra are nominated for the South Bank Sky Arts Awards in the Classical Music category. They are nominated for their performance of Mahler’s Symphonies 1 and 2. The performances were set to be the start of a...
Vasily Petrenko Begins Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director Tenure at BBC Proms & EIF
This summer, Vasily Petrenko will step on the podium to conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for the first concerts in his new role as the orchestra’s Music Director. At the BBC Proms on 4 August, they are joined by Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji for...
Vasily Petrenko’s Final Concerts with RLPO Announced for 9 & 10 July
Third Concert Added - 8 July “Something very special is happening in Liverpool...Petrenko’s achievement is astonishing” The Sunday Times Since 2006, Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra thrilled audiences at home and abroad with spectacular...
Vasily Petrenko & the RPO Welcome Audiences back to London’s Southbank Centre on 2 June
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as part of London’s Southbank Centre’s Summer Reunion reopening programme. The 2 June concert is also his first major appearance in his new role as the RPO’s Music Director Designate. They will be joined by...
Vasily Petrenko and Oslo Philharmonic Release Prokofiev/Myaskovsky 21 May
The table is hereby set for the second and final recording of Vasily Petrenko and Oslo Philharmonic's releases with symphonic works of Sergei Prokofiev and Nikolai Myaskovsky. "...indecently lush string sound..." The Arts Desk on Prokofiev 5/Myaskovsky 21 Vasily...