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 on 14th July – and read the Telegraph review here –
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/classical-music/best-classical-concerts-june-2026/
“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...
“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...
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...