The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is one of ten international orchestras nominated as Gramophone’s 2019 Orchestra of the Year.
This award celebrates ensembles that have made significant recorded contributions in the past year, and once again reflects the excellence of music-making across the globe. The award, in association with Apple Music, will be decided by public vote on Wednesday October 16.
Vasily Petrenko joined saxophonist and presenter Jess Gillam on BBC Radio 3’s This Classical Life. On 30 May, he joins Jess to share some of his favourite music, giving a conductor’s insight into the big works of Shostakovich and Beethoven, and revealing more eclectic...
The Arts Desk’s Graham Rickson has praised the “luxuriant” form of Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic on Prokofiev & Shor, the new album with pianist Behzod Abduraimov available on Alpha Classics. He writes, “Petrenko understands the first movement’s debt...
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gave a “blistering, multi-hued” performance of Shostakovich’s epic 7th Symphony in C Major, Op. 6 “Leningrad” at London’s Southbank Centre’s Multitudes Festival. The symphony was illustrated with imagery by Russian...