conductor
Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko began his musical training at the oldest music school in Russia, the St Petersburg State Academic Capella. He went on to pursue his studies at the St Petersburg Conservatoire, where he participated in masterclasses with such luminaries as Ilya Musin, Mariss Jansons and Yuri Temirkanov.
Petrenko’s career took off at St Petersburg’s Mikhailovsky Theatre. His repertoire now includes over thirty operas.
Petrenko serves as music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, chief conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra and assistant conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León.
He is also conductor laureate of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he is recording a Shostakovich cycle after a decade and a half as its chief conductor.
In recognition of the impact he has had on the city of Liverpool, he has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University, as well as an honorary fellowship from John Moores University.
In September 2017, Petrenko was honoured with the Artist of the Year award at the Gramophone Awards, one decade after receiving the Young Artist of the Year award in October 2007. He was hailed as Male Artist of the Year at the 2010 Classical BRIT Awards.
Petrenko has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. With that last ensemble, he has recorded the symphonies of Skryabin and the symphonic poems of Richard Strauss, among other works.
In March 2022, Petrenko spoke out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He writes that he believes in promoting friendship and cross-border understanding, and has suspended his work in Russia until peace between the two nations has been restored.
Petrenko is making his Concertgebouw Orchestra debut in the 2024–25 season.
Vasily Petrenko began his musical training at the oldest music school in Russia, the St Petersburg State Academic Capella. He went on to pursue his studies at the St Petersburg Conservatoire, where he participated in masterclasses with such luminaries as Ilya Musin, Mariss Jansons and Yuri Temirkanov.
Petrenko’s career took off at St Petersburg’s Mikhailovsky Theatre. His repertoire now includes over thirty operas.
Petrenko serves as music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, chief conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra and assistant conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León.
He is also conductor laureate of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he is recording a Shostakovich cycle after a decade and a half as its chief conductor.
In recognition of the impact he has had on the city of Liverpool, he has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University, as well as an honorary fellowship from John Moores University.
In September 2017, Petrenko was honoured with the Artist of the Year award at the Gramophone Awards, one decade after receiving the Young Artist of the Year award in October 2007. He was hailed as Male Artist of the Year at the 2010 Classical BRIT Awards.
Petrenko has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. With that last ensemble, he has recorded the symphonies of Skryabin and the symphonic poems of Richard Strauss, among other works.
In March 2022, Petrenko spoke out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He writes that he believes in promoting friendship and cross-border understanding, and has suspended his work in Russia until peace between the two nations has been restored.
Petrenko is making his Concertgebouw Orchestra debut in the 2024–25 season.
Vasily Petrenko began his musical training at the oldest music school in Russia, the St Petersburg State Academic Capella. He went on to pursue his studies at the St Petersburg Conservatoire, where he participated in masterclasses with such luminaries as Ilya Musin, Mariss Jansons and Yuri Temirkanov.
Petrenko’s career took off at St Petersburg’s Mikhailovsky Theatre. His repertoire now includes over thirty operas.
Petrenko serves as music director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, chief conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra and assistant conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León.
He is also conductor laureate of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he is recording a Shostakovich cycle after a decade and a half as its chief conductor.
In recognition of the impact he has had on the city of Liverpool, he has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Liverpool and Liverpool Hope University, as well as an honorary fellowship from John Moores University.
In September 2017, Petrenko was honoured with the Artist of the Year award at the Gramophone Awards, one decade after receiving the Young Artist of the Year award in October 2007. He was hailed as Male Artist of the Year at the 2010 Classical BRIT Awards.
Petrenko has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. With that last ensemble, he has recorded the symphonies of Skryabin and the symphonic poems of Richard Strauss, among other works.
In March 2022, Petrenko spoke out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He writes that he believes in promoting friendship and cross-border understanding, and has suspended his work in Russia until peace between the two nations has been restored.
Petrenko is making his Concertgebouw Orchestra debut in the 2024–25 season.