Conductor Vasily Petrenko awarded the prestigious British music award Classic BRIT Awards 2012
Conductor Vasily Petrenko awarded the prestigious British music award Classic BRIT Awards 2012
Principal Guest Conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre Vasily Petrenko awarded the prestigious British music award Classic BRIT Awards 2012 as "the Artist of the Year." Russian maestro won the award for the second time.
In 2010, he was recognized as the best performer for the recording of Shostakovich's symphonies. This year the conductor competed in the prestigious nomination with such world stars as singer Andrea Bocelli and pianist Lang Lang. Albums recorded with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra brought him tremendous success. Works of Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Rachmaninoff are present on the CDs.