Three years following his monumental performance in Nicosia, the fascinating Russian pianist Vladimir Petrov returns to The Shoe Factory for another yet memorable recital, as eagerly anticipated by the audience.
Laureate and Audience Prize Winner at the 63rd Ferruccio Busoni Competition 2021, Petrov is also the First Prize-winner of the V International Piano Competition in memoriam of Vera Lotar-Shevchenko in Russia, the VI International “José Jacinto Cuevas” Yamaha Piano Competition in Mexico, the International Piano Competition “Ciudad de Vigo” in Spain, and the NTD International Piano Competition in New York.
Petrov’s brilliant career saw him appearing in some of the world’s most important concert venues, including the Great Hall of the Moscow, Salle Cortot in Paris, and Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico, performing with numerous orchestras across the globe under the baton of renowned conductors, such as Valery Gergiev, Lanfranco Marceletti, Tito Muñoz, to name but a few.
For his recital at The Shoe Factory, on Friday 19 April 2024 / at 8:30 pm, Vladimir Petrov will undoubtedly astound the audience once again with his masterly performance of works by Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, and Prokofiev. The recital is kindly sponsored by Alpha Bank Cyprus Ltd.
PROGRAMME
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op.15, No.2 (1830-3)
Mazurka in F minor, Op.63, No.2 (1846)
Scherzo No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.31 (1837)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op.9 (1894)
Waltz, Op.38 (1903)
Fantaisie for piano in B minor, Op.28 (1900)
Interval
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Sonetto del Petrarca No.104 in E major, from Années de pèlerinage II, S.161 (1846-49)
Grosse Concert Spanish Fantasy, S.253 (1845)
Consolation No.3 in E major, S.172 (1844-48)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Piano Sonata No.7 in B-flat major, Op.83 (1942)
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VLADIMIR PETROV piano
Laureate and Audience Prize Winner at the 63rd Ferruccio Busoni Competition 2021, pianist Vladimir Petrov is internationally hailed as one of the leading piano stars of our times. Petrov is also the First Prize-winner of the V International Piano Competition in memoriam of Vera Lotar-Shevchenko in Russia, the VI International “José Jacinto Cuevas” Yamaha Piano Competition in Mexico, the International Piano Competition “Ciudad de Vigo” in Spain, and the NTD International Piano Competition in New York.
Petrov has embarked on what is now a brilliant career, having already appeared in some of the world’s most important concert venues, including the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory, the historic Main Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre, the Mariinsky Theatre, Salle Cortot in Paris, Salle Frank-Martin in Geneve, Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico, amongst others. He has performed with numerous orchestras across the globe, including the Mariinsky Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of San Luis Potosi, Camerata Venia under the baton of renowned conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Lanfranco Marceletti, Tito Muñoz, Pavel Gershtein, Roman Revueltas, Gleb Skvortsov, Eduardo Barrios. In chamber music, Vladimir Petrov has also frequently performed with the great violinists Kristof Barati and Graf Mourzha.
Vladimir Petrov was born in Moscow in 1997 and moved with his musical family to Mexico at a very young age. His great talent was manifested early in life, and since the age of eight he has been participating in a number of prominent festivals in Russia and abroad, including, Denis Matsuev’s 10th Concert Music Festival “Crescendo”, Festival “Denis Matsuev Presents” and “Stars on Baikal”, Valery Gergiev’s XIII Moscow Easter Festival and Contemporary Piano Faces International Festival, and Vladimir Spivakov’s “Moscow Meets Friends”. Petrov released four albums, including Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes recorded at the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, and most lately, Encores, recorded in Spain.
Vladimir Petrov is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow, where he studied under Prof. Valery Piassetsky and Eliso Virsaladze, and he has continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, Germany, under Grigory Gruzman.
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