Russian born Vasily Petrenko studied at the St Petersburg Conservatoire. He was born in 1976.
He’s worked with the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, and Philharmonia, and appeared at the Edinburgh Festival and the BBC Proms. He’s also worked with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and the San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Montréal and St Louis Symphony orchestras.
In 2021 he takes up the position of Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, after an extended role as Chief Conductor at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.