Yerevan to host second Academy for Conductors by Vasily Petrenko 

ArmInfo.Yerevan will host the second edition of the Vasily Petrenko Conducting Academy, a unique educational event for the region.

Founded in 2024, this initiative once again brings together the Music  Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (the UK) and emerging  conductors from across the globe. The Academy is co-organized by the  Primavera Charitable Foundation, which Vasily Petrenko supports as  Chairman of the Artistic Council of the Foundation, and the Armenian  National Philharmonic Orchestra (Artistic Director and Principal  Conductor Eduard Topchjan), which celebrates a centennial anniversary  this season.  Holding an Academy of this magnitude showcases Armenia  as one of the world's leading centers of classical music, capable of  shaping the musical art agenda of tomorrow. 

This year, more than 60 conductors from 22 countries around the world  applied to participate in the Academy, of which only 6 were invited  through a rigorous selection process. According to the press service  of the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, on June 23-28, 2026, the  Academy will host selected participants from France, Germany, Spain,  Argentina, Poland, and Russia.

In addition to the 20-minutes daily individual work with the Armenian  National Philharmonic Orchestra, all active participants will have  daily individual sessions with Vasily Petrenko and participate in an  exclusive workshop The Secrets of a Conductor's Job.

The educational journey will conclude with a gala concert on June 28,  2026, at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, open to the public.   Masterpieces by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Weber, and  Prokofiev will be performed. 

Petrenko has performed at the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Grafenegg, and  Glyndebourne festivals. Petrenko's repertoire includes about 30 opera  works, which he has conducted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York,  the Paris National Opera, Zurich, the Bavarian State Opera, the  National Opera of the Netherlands, the Mikhailovsky Opera and other  opera houses.