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Vasily Eduardovich Petrenko ((ロシア語:Васи́лий Эдуа́рдович Петре́нко); born 7 July 1976, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian conductor. Since 2006 he has been principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and is chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra since 2013. ==Studies and career== Petrenko attended the Capella Boys Music School and the St Petersburg Conservatoire.〔Mike Chapple, "Petrenko's mission to make the Phil the world's best orchestra". ''Liverpool Daily Post'', 17 July 2007.〕 Petrenko studied conducting principally under Ravil Martynov,〔Condy, Oliver. "A Russian Revolution: Vasily Petrenko". BBC Music Magazine, September 2009 (Vol. 17 No. 13): p. 26〕 also learning from Mariss Jansons, Yuri Temirkanov and Esa-Pekka Salonen. He was resident conductor at the St. Petersburg Opera and Ballet Theatre from 1994 to 1997. He has served as chief conductor of the State Academy of St Petersburg since 1994.〔Alan Weston and Laure Voiment, "The football-mad conductor taking the helm at Liverpool". ''Liverpool Daily Post'', 12 July 2005.〕 In 2002 he won the first prize of the Cadaqués Orchestra International Conducting Competition. Petrenko made his conducting debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) in November 2004. After this appearance, in July 2005, he was named the RLPO's principal conductor, the youngest-ever conductor in the post, effective with the 2006–2007 season for an initial contract of 3 years. Since taking up the post, the orchestra's financial situation and attendance have improved. He has also received critical praise for revitalising the orchestra, in Russian repertoire (especially Shostakovich) as well as standard repertoire such as Brahms, and in English music. In May 2007, the RLPO announced that Petrenko had extended his contract with the orchestra to 2012. In September 2009, the orchestra announced a further extension of his contract to 2015, with a change of Petrenko's title to Chief Conductor. In March 2013, the RLPO announced the conversion of Petrenko's contract into an extended open-ended agreement with no specific scheduled time of conclusion, and where Petrenko is to give an advance notice of 3 years of when he wishes to conclude his tenure. His first conducting appearance at The Proms was with the RLPO in August 2008. Petrenko and the RLPO have recorded several compact discs for Naxos. Petrenko's recording of Tchaikovsky's ''Manfred Symphony'' won the ''Gramophone'' orchestral recording of the year in 2009. In April 2007, Petrenko was one of eight conductors of British orchestras to endorse the 10-year classical music outreach manifesto, "Building on Excellence: Orchestras for the 21st Century", to increase the presence of classical music in the UK, including giving free entry to all British schoolchildren to a classical music concert. From December 2008 to 2013 Petrenko served as Principal Conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conducting his first concert with them at the 2009 BBC Proms. In March 2009, Petrenko was awarded an honorary professorship and Doctor of Letters degree from Liverpool Hope University. In April 2009, Petrenko was made an 'Honorary Scouser' by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool. Petrenko first conducted the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in December 2009. In February 2011, the Oslo Philharmonic announced the appointment of Petrenko as its next chief conductor, as of the 2013-2014 season, with an initial contract of 4 years. His Oslo contract calls for 7 weeks of appearances in his first seasons and 10 weeks of appearances in subsequent seasons. In August 2013, Petrenko provoked outrage when he told a Norwegian newspaper that 'orchestras react better when they have a man in front of them' because 'a cute girl on the podium means that musicians think about other things.'"〔http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/09/women-conductors-gap-charts-marin-alsop-proms〕 Petrenko stated that "()hen conducted by a man, () musicians encounter fewer erotic distractions."〔http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/02/male-conductors-better-orchestras-vasily-petrenko〕 He also stated that "when women have families, it becomes difficult to be as dedicated as is demanded in the business".〔http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/02/male-conductors-better-orchestras-vasily-petrenko〕He said that orchestral musicians react better to male conductors since he thinks they have less sexual energy and can focus more on the music. He was also reported as saying that with a "sweet girl' (also translated as "cute girl") on the podium thoughts are directed to something else. Petrenko published a clarification the day after and said that he was referring to opinions held in Russia. He added: "I'd encourage any girl to study conducting. How successful they turn out to be depends on their talent and their work, definitely not their gender."〔("Petrenko presiserer Aftenposten-intervju" ) Oslo Philharmonien website. Access date 5 September 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vasily Petrenko」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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