Kirill Petrenko

Prom 62: Berlin Philharmonic/Petrenko review – sinister magic marks a concert of startling brilliance

Petrenko proved his mastery of Mahler’s Seventh yet again as he brought out its lurking ambiguity in a performance that hovered between dream and nightmare

Tim Ashley

04, Sep, 2022 @12:02 PM

The week in classical: Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko; Partenope at the Lucerne festival

Mesmerising Schubert and sparkling Handel were highlights at this year’s ‘crazy’ Swiss festival

Fiona Maddocks

11, Sep, 2021 @11:30 AM

Mahler: Symphonies 1-10 review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week

This mammoth undertaking, of all of Mahler’s symphonies with different conductors over the last decade, brings variable musical results

Andrew Clements

18, Feb, 2021 @5:00 PM

Sound recovery: how live music is returning to Munich

Led, masked and alone, to an underground lair below the Bavarian State Opera house, our writer joined a tiny handful of others for a thrilling chamber concert. Now the company is reclaiming its stage

AJ Goldmann

22, Jun, 2020 @9:30 AM

The week in classical: Berlin Philharmonic/ Petrenko review – thrillingly eruptive

The city turned out in force to welcome the self-effacing Kirill Petrenko to the world’s top conducting job

Fiona Maddocks

31, Aug, 2019 @11:00 AM

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 review | Andrew Clements' classical album of the week

Kirill Petrenko’s first recording with his new orchestra has plenty to admire but taken as a whole feels rather underpowered

Andrew Clements

16, May, 2019 @2:00 PM

The week in classical: Proms 66 & 68; Paul Bunyan review – Berlin passes the baton

The enigmatic Kirill Petrenko makes a dazzling Proms debut with the Berlin Phil, while ENO takes Britten to the music hall

Fiona Maddocks

08, Sep, 2018 @2:00 PM

Proms 66 & 68: Berlin Philharmonic/Petrenko review –superlative music making

Two Proms with its chief conductor saw the Berlin Phil playing with total assurance and ravishing refinement

Andrew Clements

03, Sep, 2018 @1:50 PM

Bavarian State Orchestra / Petrenko review – Rattle's heir thrills with wild intensity

Kirill Petrenko’s rapport with the awesome Bavarian players delivered a truly dazzling Mahler Seventh, and underlined why his move to Berlin is hotly anticipated

Martin Kettle

03, Jun, 2018 @12:19 PM

Proms 2018: it ticks all the boxes but where's the radical and the recherché?

Debussy, Bernstein, Boulanger and Parry’s anniversaries are duly marked, and female composers are well represented as are international orchestras, but there’s too little risk in this year’s lineup

Andrew Clements

19, Apr, 2018 @10:54 AM

In choosing Petrenko, the Berlin players are putting the music first

His symphonic repertoire is small, and his media experience even smaller, but Kirill Petrenko is a bold and an inspired choice for music director of the Berlin Philharmonic

Tom Service, Martin Kettle

22, Jun, 2015 @3:39 PM