Nikolai Petrov was a Russian pianist, the People’s Artist of the USSR, and professor at the Moscow Conservatory. In the summer of 2012, a year after Petrov’s death, his family donated the musician’s archive and a Bechstein professional piano to the Museum of Music.
In 2013, funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the museum acquired Petrov’s grand piano of model A from his widow Larisa Grigoryevna. The instrument was manufactured by Steinway & Sons in Hamburg in 1910. The famous piano company was founded in 1853 in Manhattan by the German emigrant Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg. It supplied instruments to the Imperial and Royal courts of Russia, Germany, France, and England.
In Russia, the first Steinway pianos appeared in the 19th century. These instruments were used by such prominent composers as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
The Steinway Artist title is given to the world’s best pianists, including Nikolai Petrov. In 1962, he earned the Silver Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the United States, and in 1964, he won second prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels.
In 1986, Nikolai Petrov was awarded the Grande Médaille d’Or of the French Académie Balzac for his excellent performances of scores by the composers Hector Berlioz, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Liszt.
He also founded the International Musical Kremlin Festival and performed there with the world’s best musicians, including the New York Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra from Washington, D.C., and many other groups, including the best European orchestras.
Nikolai Petrov was also an active public figure. He was president of the Russian Academy of Arts, president of the Russian Neighboring Rights Society, and vice-president of the “World of Culture” creative association.
Petrov’s grand piano became a perfect fit for the exhibition titled “Musical Instruments From Around the World.” It is frequently used during special concerts organized at the museum. During one of the “Night of Arts” festivals, Denis Matsuev performed music by Sergei Rachmaninoff for the museum’s visitors.
In 2013, funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the museum acquired Petrov’s grand piano of model A from his widow Larisa Grigoryevna. The instrument was manufactured by Steinway & Sons in Hamburg in 1910. The famous piano company was founded in 1853 in Manhattan by the German emigrant Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg. It supplied instruments to the Imperial and Royal courts of Russia, Germany, France, and England.
In Russia, the first Steinway pianos appeared in the 19th century. These instruments were used by such prominent composers as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Dmitri Shostakovich.
The Steinway Artist title is given to the world’s best pianists, including Nikolai Petrov. In 1962, he earned the Silver Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the United States, and in 1964, he won second prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels.
In 1986, Nikolai Petrov was awarded the Grande Médaille d’Or of the French Académie Balzac for his excellent performances of scores by the composers Hector Berlioz, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Liszt.
He also founded the International Musical Kremlin Festival and performed there with the world’s best musicians, including the New York Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra from Washington, D.C., and many other groups, including the best European orchestras.
Nikolai Petrov was also an active public figure. He was president of the Russian Academy of Arts, president of the Russian Neighboring Rights Society, and vice-president of the “World of Culture” creative association.
Petrov’s grand piano became a perfect fit for the exhibition titled “Musical Instruments From Around the World.” It is frequently used during special concerts organized at the museum. During one of the “Night of Arts” festivals, Denis Matsuev performed music by Sergei Rachmaninoff for the museum’s visitors.
