Royal Liverpool Philharmonic<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| lives in<\/td>\n | refused to disclose<\/td>\n | Birkenhead Park, Merseyside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| companionship<\/td>\n | rumored to have platonically dated soprano Anja Kampe<\/td>\n | married to Evgenia Chernysheva, choral conductor and music tutor; Sasha (11), Anna (2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| faith<\/td>\n | private<\/td>\n | Russian Orthodox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| favorite team<\/td>\n | refused to disclose<\/td>\n | Zenit St Petersburg (soccer)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| diplomacy<\/td>\n | on Ukraine: \u201cI observe the conditions there with great concern. What is happening there is anything but normal. A political solution [is needed] that does not impinge on Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty.\u201d Speaking at the National Theater, March 6, 2014<\/td>\n | on women conductors: \u201c[Orchestras] react better when they have a man in front of them \u2026 . A cute girl on a podium means that musicians think about other things.\u201d Quoted in The Guardian, Sept. 2, 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| humor<\/td>\n | while working with Miroslav Srnka on his 2015 opera South Pole<\/em>: \u201cIf the composer is dead, you\u2019d like to ask him questions, but you can\u2019t. If [he] is alive, you can ask him questions, but sometimes you\u2019d prefer he would be already dead.\u201d Reported by Slipped Disc, Jan. 18, 2016<\/td>\n| while attempting damage control: \u201cWe were saying that because a woman conductor is still quite a rarity \u2026 , their appearance [on] the podium, because of the historical background, always has some emotions reflected in the orchestra.\u201d Quoted in The Telegraph, May 8, 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| distinctions<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | Honorary Scouser
Echo Klassik Award<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| achievement<\/td>\n | survived nine cycles conducting Der Ring des Nibelungen<\/em> at Bayreuth<\/td>\n| completed a Shostakovich cycle for Naxos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| strengths<\/td>\n | Mussorgsky, Strauss, Elgar, Scriabin, Berg<\/td>\n | Shostakovich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| weakness<\/td>\n | Donizetti (and probably Verdi)<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| what John von Rhein said<\/td>\n | \u201cSolidity of technique, quality of leadership, depth of musical ideas and ability to strike a firm rapport with [Chicago Symphony Orchestra] members \u2026 [determine whether a conductor] stands or falls \u2026 . By all these standards [he] sent the needle off the symphonic Richter scale at his first concert.\u201d March 2012 CSO debut<\/td>\n | \u201cHis beat is clear and he has a knack for focusing on the essentials, his long fingers fluttering in a highly expressive manner \u2026 . He inspired the [Chicago Symphony Orchestra] to go well beyond its normal megawatt virtuosity, and this made for a blistering account of the Shostakovich [Tenth].\u201d Dec. 2012 CSO debut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| CDs<\/td>\n | ![](\"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kirillCDs.jpg\") <\/td>\n | ![](\"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/vasilyCDs.jpg\") <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| <\/td>\n | Suk\u2019s Asrael<\/em> Symphony and Pfitzner\u2019s opera Palestrina<\/em> for CPO and Oehms<\/td>\n| Rachmaninoff\u2019s First Symphony and the Shostakovich Cello Concertos with Truls M\u00f8rk for Warner and Ondine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| career trajectory<\/td>\n | modest inclination<\/td>\n | less modest inclination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| compass setting<\/td>\n | north, tardily<\/td>\n | south, east, west<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n Placing the two Petrenkos side by side here, like baseball cards, meant compiling at least some personal facts along with the musical. So, three questions went to the conductors\u2019 handlers. How tall is he? Where does he live (part of town)? What\u2019s his favorite sports team?<\/p>\n This proved awkward, however, especially on one side, and hitherto-cordial staffers turned as cool as, well, trademark attorneys. Vasily\u2019s people cooperated with partial answers. Kirill\u2019s, deep inside Bavarian State Opera<\/a>, stonewalled: \u201cMr. Petrenko generally does not wish to answer any personal questions.\u201d<\/p>\nAs it turned out, Vasily was on record with full answers over the years to all three questions for various media outlets. The man is an open book. This left Kirill\u2019s side with unflattering holes. But the opera company\u2019s hands were tied. Apparently under instructions from the artist, nobody could even confirm he lives in Munich (where he has drawn a paycheck for 30 months already). And he may not.<\/p>\n Bavarian State Opera: \u201cWhat\u2019s not to understand about \u2018Mr. Petrenko does not wish to answer any personal questions\u2019? Who puts out the rule that a conductor \u2026 does have to comprehend or be willing to be part of public relations? \u2026 So, in fact, we do not want to convey anything to anybody. This is the \u2018line to be drawn\u2019 from our side.\u201d<\/p>\n Mention of Vasily went over badly. BStO: \u201cWhat kind of idea is it anyways to compare two artists because they share the same last name?\u201d Prepared descriptors accompanied the rhetoric: \u201cridiculous\u201d and a \u201cgame.\u201d How not to kill a story.<\/p>\n Shown the data for the above table, the opera company took to sarcasm: \u201cYes, sure, [inventing] height and weight [measurements] is of course totally acceptable.\u201d But Kirill\u2019s height had become public half a year ago* at ARD<\/a> broadcaster Deutsche Welle<\/a>. BStO did not either know this or wish to share the knowledge. Its hapless official scanning DW: \u201cOh, it\u2019s on the Internet! It\u2019s gotta be true!\u201d<\/p>\n[*Earlier actually: Lucas Wiegelmann<\/a> included it in an excellent 2014 discussion<\/a> for Die Welt.]<\/span><\/p>\nPhotos \u00a9 Bayerische Staatsoper (Kirill Petrenko), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic (Vasily Petrenko)<\/p>\n Related posts:
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