Vladimir Petrov, 28 (Mexico)
Artist
REPERTOIRE
Semifinals — Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2
Mazurka in f minor, Op. 63, No. 2
Étude in C major, Op. 10, No. 1
Étude in F major, Op. 10, No. 8
Scherzo No. 3 in c-sharp minor, Op. 39
Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Op. 58
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Scherzo (Molto vivace)
III. Largo
IV. Finale (Presto non tanto)
Alexander Rosenblatt
Nashville Barrel Waltz
Finals — Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in e minor, Op. 11
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Romanze (Larghetto)
III. Rondo (Vivace)
Laureate and audience prize winner at the sixty-third F. Busoni International Piano Competition (Italy, 2021), Vladimir Petrov has been celebrated as “one of the best pianists of his generation” (Viviana Aubele, Martin Wullich Journal). Critics have hailed him as “an amazing, highly talented pianist” (Denis Matsuev, Madiazvod) whose playing embodies “rare musicality and inimitable spirit” (Yurii Danilin, Literary Gazette). With roots in Russia, Petrov was raised from the age of three in Mexico, which he affectionately considers his homeland.
In addition to his appearance at the Busoni Competition, he has also found success at numerous international competitions, earning first prizes at events such as the Lotar Shevchenko Competition (Russia), Ciudad de Vigo (Spain), Jose Jacinto Cuevas–Yamaha Competition (Mexico), NTD Piano Competition (New York, USA), and the Neapolitan Masters Competition (Italy).
His active concert career has taken him to Spain, Germany, France, South Korea, the United States, Holland, Russia, Italy, Hungary, Malta, Cyprus, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, Belarus, Romania, Argentina, Colombia, and Chile. His performances have included appearances in prominent venues such as the Salle Cortot in Paris, Salle Frank Martin in Geneva, Carnegie Hall (Weill Hall) in New York, the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory, and the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres. He has performed with major orchestras in Europe and collaborated with conductors including Valery Gergiev, Lanfranco Marceletti, Tito Muñoz, Pavel Gerstein, and Gleb Skvortsov, among others. He has also toured with renowned violinists Graf Mourzha and Kristóf Baráti.
Petrov has released four solo albums, including Encores (2021, Mans label, Spain). His 2019 release, featuring Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes, was recorded in the famed Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. His next album, recorded in New York, is scheduled for release in 2025.
Vladimir Petrov graduated from the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow in 2020, where he studied with Valerii Piassetsky and Elisso Virsaladze, receiving the Top Graduate Student of the Year Award. He continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Germany with Grigory Gruzman.
Currently based in New York, he is pursuing a postgraduate degree at the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Horacio Gutiérrez.