Farewell to the pianist Nikolai Petrov will be held in Moscow on Friday

As reported by RIA Novosti assistant artist at 11.00 am will be parting at the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, at 13.00 to begin the funeral in the church of the Ascension on the Big Nikitskaya street, after which it will be buried at the cemetery at the request of Troekurov wife. Having reached early in his student years, musical heights Petrov spent rest of his life to serving not just the music, and the support of generations of talented musicians, contributing to their career as a teacher, and as the head of "New Names". My condolences on the passing of pianist expressed the first person, as well as Culture Minister. All of them, as well as his colleagues and students celebrated pianist and multi-faceted talent of his merits as a teacher. In turn, friends and family of Nicholas Arnol'dovich spoke of him as an honest and reliable person who can be trusted as yourself. Nikolai Petrov Arnoldovich born April 14, 1943 in Moscow into a family of famous Russian musicians. While still a student at the Moscow Conservatory, he won two major international competitions – the name of Van Cliburn in the U.S. and the Queen Elizabeth in Brussels. Petrov has performed and recorded with eminent conductors as domestic – such as Evgeny Svetlanov, Yuri Temirkanov, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Arvid and Mariss Jansons, Paul Cohen. He has performed with the New York Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Symphony, Los Angeles and many other orchestras, as well as the best European teams. His repertoire consisted of many classic works, he also was the first performer of Khachaturian, Khrennikov, Shchedrin, Eshpai. Petrov was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, was awarded the State Prize (1991), the order "For merits before Fatherland» III and IV degrees, honorary sign "Public Recognition" (1998), Great Gold Medal of the French Academy of Balzac. Exercised artistic leadership Festival "Musical Kremlin". He headed the Academy of Russian art since 1998, in the same year he founded and headed the International Charitable Foundation Nikolai Petrov, supporting talented young musicians and veterans of the scene. Was the artistic director of Fund "New Names" (2003). Named Nikolai Petrov named one of the minor planets.