Vitalii Petrov

Biography

Vitaly Petrov was born in 2003 in St. Petersburg and started to study piano at the age of five. At the age of seven he entered the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory Music School, where he is currently studying in the piano class of Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation, Professor Alexander Sandler.

Vitaly Petrov is the winner of many international competitions, including “The 3rd Stockholm International Music Competition” (2014, First prize), “The 1st London International Internet Competition” (2014, First prize), The 7th “Vienna International Art Open” (2017, First Prize), The 3rd International FEURICH Competition (2018, Vienna, Grand Prize), The 19th International Piano Competition “Münchner Klavierpodium der Jugend” (2019, München, 15 various Prizes), The 3rd Berliner International Music Competition (2019, GOLDEN MEDAL with High Distinction), The 1st International Russian Music Piano Competition (2019, Ryazan, 4th Prize and Yamaha Special Award), The International Piano Competitions “Clavis Saint Petersburg 2020” and “Clavis Bavaria 2020” (First Prizes and Special Prizes), The 17th “Ettlingen International Piano Competition“ (2020, Ettlingen, Encouragement Award), The Russian national contest “Young Talents of Russia” (2020, Second Prize), etc.

Vitaly Petrov participates in master-classes by Willem Brons, Vladimir Kharin, Grigory Gruzman, Arkady Sevidov, Vladimir Polyansky, Christian Kliber, Kristina Sandulova, Hatto Beyerle, Alexandra Türk, Patrick Jüdt and Andrey Diyev. Since 2014 he has been a scholarship holder of the International Charitable Fund of Vladimir Spivakov. Since 2020 he has been a soloist of Saint-Petersburg Music House.

He gives solo recitals in Russia, Germany and Austria, takes part in international festivals and performs with various orchestras. The most significant performances of  Vitaly took place in both the Great and Small hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, in the Great Concert Hall of the Karelian Philharmonia, in Mariinsky Theatre, in Moscow International Music House and in the Brahms Saal of the Musikverein in Vienna.