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Kirill Petrenko finds leading the Berlin Philharmonic means 100 opinions and 100 expectations
1 month ago

Kirill Petrenko finds leading the Berlin Philharmonic means 100 opinions and 100 expectations

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Kirill Petrenko thought about the challenge of leading the Berlin Philharmonic, perhaps the world’s greatest orchestra. “I’m 52 now,” Petrenko said during a Zoom news conference with U.S. media ahead of the tour. I visited a lot of special Austrian kitchens and wurst hauses and, yes, I started to understand a little bit.” Berlin opened its season …

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Music for global harmony
4 months, 1 week ago

Music for global harmony

China Daily  

Under the baton of Petrenko, the orchestra kicked off its China tour at the NCPA. It's been about seven years since the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra made its last tour in China, Davies notes. This collaboration will see Royal Philharmonic Orchestra musicians and staff members working in partnership with musicians from the NCPA's resident orchestra — the China NCPA Orchestra. "As …

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Music for global harmony
4 months, 1 week ago

Music for global harmony

China Daily  

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's violinist Ray Chen and conductor Vasily Petrenko perform at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Thursday. Under the baton of its music director, Russian-born conductor Vasily Petrenko, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra launched a tour of China on Thursday with nine concerts in seven cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Xiamen, Fujian province. "All …

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Music for global harmony
4 months, 1 week ago

Music for global harmony

China Daily  

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's violinist Ray Chen and conductor Vasily Petrenko perform at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Thursday. Under the baton of its music director, Russian-born conductor Vasily Petrenko, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra launched a tour of China on Thursday with nine concerts in seven cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Xiamen, Fujian province. "All …

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Music for global harmony
4 months, 1 week ago

Music for global harmony

China Daily  

Under the baton of Petrenko, the orchestra kicked off its China tour at the NCPA. It's been about seven years since the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra made its last tour in China, Davies notes. This collaboration will see Royal Philharmonic Orchestra musicians and staff members working in partnership with musicians from the NCPA's resident orchestra — the China NCPA Orchestra. "As …

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Music for global harmony
4 months, 1 week ago

Music for global harmony

China Daily  

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's violinist Ray Chen and conductor Vasily Petrenko perform at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Thursday. Under the baton of its music director, Russian-born conductor Vasily Petrenko, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra launched a tour of China on Thursday with nine concerts in seven cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Xiamen, Fujian province. "All …

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Top British orchestra returns to delight Chinese audience
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Top British orchestra returns to delight Chinese audience

China Daily  

By Wang Linyan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-08-03 18:59 The United Kingdom's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, or RPO, has announced it is to embark on its first tour of China since 2017 next week. "It's a tremendous honor for the RPO to be returning to China after quite a long absence, and it's particularly exciting," Huw Davies, the orchestra's acting managing …

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Berlin conductor Petrenko worried `no one needs us anymore’
2 years, 1 month ago

Berlin conductor Petrenko worried `no one needs us anymore’

Associated Press  

Kirill Petrenko thought back to the spring of 2020, when his first season as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic was abruptly stopped by the coronavirus pandemic. When concerts resumed with a chamber-sized orchestra in Berlin’s empty Philharmonie that May 1 with a digital feed, Petrenko likened it to when Glenn Gould abandoned playing piano live and retreated to the …

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