Biography
As of 2019/20 Kirill Petrenko takes over the post as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. He was born in Omsk, Siberia, and studied piano at the school of music there. He appeared in public as a pianist for the first time at the age of eleven with the symphony orchestra in Omsk. In 1990 he moved with his family to Vorarlberg, Austria, where his father accepted a position as an orchestral musician and music teacher. Petrenko continued his studies in Feldkirch, then studied conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. His first engagement took him to the Wiener Volksoper immediately after graduation. From 1999 to 2002 Kirill Petrenko was general music director at the Theater Meiningen, where he attracted international attention for the first time in 2001 with
Performance credits
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Past performances 1999 — Yesterday
Wiener Philharmoniker - Respighi, Wagner, RichardBrahms
MusikvereinConductor
View program, cast and crewKirill Petrenko dirigiert Straussʼ "Elektra", Strauss
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
View cast and crewBerliner Philharmoniker & Kirill Petrenko, SibeliusBrahms
Festspielhaus Baden-BadenConductor
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Kirill Petrenko dirigiert Straussʼ "Elektra", Strauss
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
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Berliner Philharmoniker & Kirill Petrenko, SibeliusBrahms
Festspielhaus Baden-BadenConductor
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Berliner Philharmoniker / Lisa Batiashvili / Kirill Petrenko, SzymanowskiStraussBrahms
Elbphilharmonie & Laeiszhalle HamburgConductor
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46Kirill Petrenko dirigiert Smetanas "Mein Vaterland", Smetana
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
View cast and crewZahajovací Koncert I & II, Smetana
Prague Spring FestivalConductor
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Prague, Czech RepublicBerlínští Filharmonikové Na Kampě, Smetana
Prague Spring FestivalConductor
View cast and crewZahajovací Koncert I & II, Smetana
Prague Spring FestivalConductor
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Prague, Czech RepublicKarajan-Akademie der Berliner Philharmoniker, MendelssohnWidmann
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
View program, cast and crewGmjo 2024 – Kirill Petrenko, Bruckner
Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi (Teatro Verdi Pordenone)Conductor
View cast and crewGustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Bruckner
Kursaal (San Sebastián)Conductor
View cast and crewJoven Orquesta Mahler-Petrenko, Bruckner
Festival de Teatro Lírico Español Teatro CampoamorConductor
View cast and crewSaisonabschlusskonzert in der Waldbühne - Kirill Petrenko und Yuja Wang, RachmaninoffRavelVarious
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
View program, cast and crewBerliner Philharmoniker 1 · Petrenko, Bruckner
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
View cast and crewBerliner Philharmoniker 2 · Petrenko, Smetana
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
View program, cast and crewBerliner Philharmoniker | Kirill Petrenko, Bruckner
Lucerne Festival im SommerConductor
View cast and crewBerliner Philharmoniker | Kirill Petrenko, Smetana
Lucerne Festival im SommerConductor
View cast and crewDer Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose), Strauss
Teatro alla ScalaConductor
View cast and crewBerliner Philharmoniker, RachmaninoffKorngoldDvořák
Carnegie HallConductor
View program, cast and crewSymphony No. 5 in B-flat major WAB 105 (Symphony No.5 in B-flat major ("Fantastic")), Bruckner
Chicago Symphony OrchestraConductor
View cast and crewMadama Butterfly, Puccini
Osterfestspiele Baden-BadenConductor
View cast and crewBeethoven Sinfonie Nr. 9, Beethoven
Festspielhaus Baden-BadenConductor
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Baden-Baden, GermanyMadama Butterfly, Puccini
Osterfestspiele Baden-BadenConductor
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Baden-Baden, GermanyBeethoven Sinfonie Nr. 9, Beethoven
Festspielhaus Baden-BadenConductor
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Baden-Baden, GermanyMahler Festival: Kirill Petrenko en de Berliner Philharmoniker in Mahlers Symfonie nr. 9, Mahler
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
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Biography
As of 2019/20 Kirill Petrenko takes over the post as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic. He was born in Omsk, Siberia, and studied piano at the school of music there. He appeared in public as a pianist for the first time at the age of eleven with the symphony orchestra in Omsk. In 1990 he moved with his family to Vorarlberg, Austria, where his father accepted a position as an orchestral musician and music teacher. Petrenko continued his studies in Feldkirch, then studied conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. His first engagement took him to the Wiener Volksoper immediately after graduation. From 1999 to 2002 Kirill Petrenko was general music director at the Theater Meiningen, where he attracted international attention for the first time in 2001 with
