The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) announces that Vasily Petrenko is extending his contract as Music Director through to 2030. Petrenko will lead the RPO into its next artistic chapter, further strengthening its position as one of the world’s great orchestras in London, across the UK and internationally.

　　The contract extension recognises the profound artistic leadership that Vasily Petrenko has brought to the Orchestra since he started his tenure in August 2021. Over the past few years, with Petrenko at the helm, the RPO has been lauded for its London concert seasons, celebrated a landmark 75th anniversary year, embraced an ambassadorial role for UK arts on the world stage and implemented a wide-ranging and enriching programme of community and education activity. This ambitious artistic output has been delivered with conviction against the most challenging context - enduring a global pandemic, innovating through a cost of living crisis and growing the audience for orchestral music at a time when the future of live music was in the balance.

　　Vasily Petrenko made his debut with the RPO at the Royal Albert Hall in March 2016 delivering a powerful interpretation of Mahler’s Symphony No.2, ‘Resurrection’. His rapport with the Orchestra’s musicians was confirmed a year later, when he returned to conduct Verdi’s Requiem at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. Following the announcement of his appointment as Music Director in 2018, Petrenko launched the RPO’s 75th Anniversary Season in 2021 and in addition to their regular presence at the Royal Albert Hall and Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, he has led the Orchestra on international tours to Europe, United States of America and Asia, all of which have garnered critical acclaim.

　　For the forthcoming 2024–25 season, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO will present ‘Lights in the Dark’, a series of concerts centred on music composed during times of resistance, courage and hope. Masterworks including Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony and Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto will sit alongside lesser-known works including Piano Concerto in One Movement by Florence Price, Dorothy Howell’s Lamia, and Weill’s Four Walt Whitman Songs. For the new season, Petrenko and the RPO will be joined by soloists including; Paul Lewis, Roderick Williams OBE, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and Bruce Liu.

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