Kirill Petrenko will conduct the Berlin Philharmonic – Newspaper and News Agency Gulf Image

The director of 43 years and had the opportunity to conduct the orchestra as a guest, in 2006, 2009 and 2012, succeeded by Simon Rattle, who will join the front of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), said Philharmonic Berlin at a press conference.

Kirill Petrenko, from 2013 music director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, is one of the personalities who shuffled to occupy one of the most hotly contested positions in the music world, although observers predicted a duel between two favorites:. the Argentine-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim, 72, and German Christian Thielemann, 56, director of the opera in Dresden

Very discreet, the Russian director has a reputation being extremely meticulous, prepares his interpretations tested thoroughly and tirelessly to make the best of the instrumentalists.

Acclaimed for his expertise in directing pieces by composers such as Puccini, Strauss and Wagner, Petrenko was It elected Director of the Year by the German magazine “Opernwelt” (“The world of opera”) in 2014.

The main obstacles in the race for the leadership of the Philharmonic, his shyness and production was attributed limited label.

Born in Omsk, in southwestern Siberia, in 1972, a violinist father and mother musicologist, studied piano at the local conservatory and was a soloist with the orchestra of the city for 11 years.

In 1990, his family moved to Vorarlberg in western Austria, where his father won a place in an orchestra and a job as a music teacher.

Petrenko studied conducting Orchestra in Vienna and after graduating he was appointed assistant director and “Kapellmeister” of the Volksoper in the city in 1997.

From 1999 to 2002 he was music director of the “Meininger Theater” in the small town of Meiningen (East Germany), from 1999-2002, and his performance of “Der Ring des Nibelungen” by Richard Wagner in 2001 captivated critics worldwide.

In 2002, the director joined the Opera comic Berlin, where he remained until 2007. At that time, he collaborated with renowned institutions such as the Vienna State Opera, the Gran Teatro Liceo in Barcelona and the London Symphony Orchestra and Chicago.

“Kirill Petrenko was elected by a large majority “for a vote of the musicians on Sunday, he said on Monday Peter Riegelbauer, bassist and mimbro the direction of the orchestra.

The Berlin Philharmonic is the only major orchestra . the world itself elects its director

“It’s hard to put into words the feelings invade me: euphoria, a great joy, respect and doubts, and all at the same time,” said Petrenko on a statement of the institution.

“I will put all my strength to be a worthy director of this exceptional orchestra and am aware of my responsibility and high expectations for me,” said the new director Berlin Philharmonic.