Vasily Petrenko
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Vasily Petrenko (born 1976, St Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian conductor. He attended the Capella Boys Music School and the Conservatoire in St. Petersburg.[1] He studied conducting with Ilya Musin, and later under the tutelage of Mariss Jansons, Yuri Temirkanov and Esa-Pekka Salonen.[2] He was resident conductor at the St. Petersburg Opera and Ballet Theatre from 1994 to 1997. He has served as chief conductor of the State Academy of St. Petersburg since 1994.[3]
Petrenko made his conducting debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) in November 2004.[4] After this appearance, in July 2005, he was named the RLPO's principal conductor, the youngest-ever conductor in the post, effective with the 2006-2007 season for an initial contract of 3 years.[5] Since taking up the post, the orchestra's financial situation and attendance have improved[6] [7] and their subsidy is now reported at around £1.3 million.[8] He has also received critical praise for revitalising the orchestra, in Russian repertoire[9] as well as standard repertoire such as Brahms, and in English music.[10] In May 2007, the RLPO announced that Petrenko had extended his contract with the orchestra to 2012.[11]
In April 2007, Petrenko was one of eight conductors of British orchestras to endorse the 10-year classical music outreach manifesto, "Building on Excellence: Orchestras for the 21st Century", to increase the presence of classical music in the UK, including giving free entry to all British schoolchildren to a classical music concert.[12] [13]
Petrenko and his wife Eugenia have a son, Alexander. He is a football aficionado and follower of the club Liverpool F.C..[14]
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- ^ Mike Chapple. "Petrenko’s mission to make the Phil the world’s best orchestra", Liverpool Daily Post, 17 July 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
- ^ Anthony Holden. "Petrenko's Russian revolution", The Observer, 17 September 2006. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Alan Weston and Laure Voiment. "The football-mad conductor taking the helm at Liverpool", Liverpool Daily Post, 12 July 2005. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
- ^ Matthew Connolly. "Vasily Petrenko signs for Liverpool!", The Times, 22 July 2005. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
- ^ David Ward. "Orchestra's Russian choice", The Guardian, 12 July 2005. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Tim Ashley. "RLPO/Petrenko", The Guardian, 7 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Larry Neild. "Beautiful music as Phil smashes box office record", Liverpool Daily Post, 14 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
- ^ Andrew Clark. "The young ones", Financial Times, 12 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Geoffrey Norris. "Dynamic visionary rings the changes", Telegraph, 5 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ David Fanning. "Petrenko shows that he is a natural Englishman", Telegraph, 12 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Geoffrey Norris. "Vasily Petrenko: Why Liverpool is galvanised by the 'Petrenko effect'", Telegraph, 1 October 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
- ^ "Pupils get free concert tickets", BBC News, 26 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Charlotte Higgins. "Orchestras urge free concerts for children", The Guardian, 26 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-05.
- ^ Glyn Mon Hughes. "Signs of old Phil magic as Petrenko makes his debut", Liverpool Daily Post, 15 September 2006. Retrieved on 2007-12-26.
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