A prominent Russian conductor has suspended work in his home country over the "tragedy unfolding in Ukraine". Vasily Petrenko, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia's artistic director ...

Vasily Petrenko began his music education at Russia’s oldest music school ... NHK Symphony Tokyo and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, to name a fine few. He became Chief Conductor of the Royal Liverpool ...

Its music director, from the beginning of the 2021-22 season, will be Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko. The orchestra was formed in 1946 by conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, whose vision was to build an ...