Vasily Petrenko will become Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) at the beginning of the 2021-22 Season, initially for five years. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Petrenko was Generalmusikdirektor of the Komische Oper Berlin from 2002 to 2007. In a statement, he said: "I am delighted to become Music Director at this stage in the RPO’s history. He then studied at the St Petersburg Conservatoire where he participated in masterclasses with such luminary figures as Ilya Musin, Mariss Jansons and Yuri Temirkanov. The New York Times crit again "Miss Davidsen's restrained yet exciting performance was matched by that of the conductor Vasily Petrenko, also making his Met debut and leading a refined, properly aristocratic performance...He inspired a polished, well chosen cast in the Met’s wintry production....his conducting, admirably melancholic, not cheaply wild-eyed". The RPO has a very modern approach and a youthful energy which underpin its music-making. Vasily Petrenko performs one of his final concerts as music director in Liverpool with Roderick Williams in a program that includes music by Brend Richard Deutsch, Zemlinsky, Stravinsky, and Webern. It stems from Vasily Petrenko’s appointment as Music Director and is set to build towards the start of his five-year contract in August 2021.

Vasily Petrenko at work.

For this article we will only focus on vocal performances. He has worked with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras including the Berlin … Petrenko is Chief Conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (appointed in 2013/14), Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (a position he adopted in 2009 as a continuation of his period as Principal Conductor which commenced in 2006), Chief Conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra (since 2015) and Principal Guest Conductor of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of … James Williams, Managing Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, pays tribute to Vasily Petrenko’s inspirational attributes as musician and artistic leader. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.

He said his comments about female conductors were 'meant to be a description of the situation in Russia'. Vasily Petrenko was born in 1976 and started his music education at the St Petersburg Capella Boys Music School – Russia’s oldest music school. During this period, he made his debut with the Bavarian State Opera in 2003, and he returned to the Munich company in 2009 for a production of Jenůfa.In October 2010, the Bavarian State Opera announced the appointment of Petrenko as its next Generalmusikdirektor (GMD), starting in 2013. Performance Date: July 8, 2021 The Royal Liverpool Choir and youth choir will also participate in an evening of {…} The conductor, he notes, owns the ideal mix of experience and energy to take the Orchestra forward.