Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov

He subsequently won second prize at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas and won second prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels. Petrov gave regular performances in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory as well as touring widely and appearing at major world venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, the Royal Festival Hall (London) and the Teatro Colón. Petrov's large repertoire included more than fifty concertos and he worked with many prominent conductors, including Mariss Jansons, Kirill Kondrashin, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Yevgeny Svetlanov and Yuri Temirkanov. His awards included the Grande Médaille d'Or of the Académie Balzac, People's Artist of the USSR and the Russian State Prize. In 1998, he founded the Nikolai Petrov International Philanthropic Foundation. He served on the jury at the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. Petrov was married to Larissa, who outlived him. He died in August 3, 2011, aged 68. In a telegram to his family, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev stated:

Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov studied at Central Music School and Moscow Conservatory. Panagiotis Trochopoulos is recorded as having studied under Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Moscow Conservatory. Distinctions recorded are Order of Honour, People's Artist of the USSR, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class and Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class.

• Name — Nikolai Petrov • Native Name — Николай Петров • Born — 14 April 1943 • Birthplace — Moscow • Origin — Russia • Died — 3 August 2011 • Place of death — Moscow • Genre — Classical • Occupation — Pianist • Instrument — Piano • Years Active — 1968—2011