Duo Petrof is a piano-duo composed of Anatoly Zatin (born 23 March 1954, in

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) and Vlada Vassilieva (born 10 July 1985, in

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). Anatoly Zatin is a pianist, composer and conductor graduated from the

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, member of the

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, professor and

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of the Fine Arts Institute at the

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. Vlada Vassilieva studied with Anatoly Zatin at the University of Colima and later with Pavlina Dokovska at

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as a

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grantee. She currently teaches at the University of Colima. Both pianists currently reside in Mexico. The duo was formed in 2003 in cooperation with the University of Colima and Petrof Pianos of Mexico. Since 2008 both pianists are Petrof Artists representing Petrof Pianos worldwide.

Performing career

The ensemble's first appearance under the name of Duo Petrof took place in December 2003 at the National Auditory in Mexico City. Since then the duo has performed across Mexico as well as in the United States, Europe and Asia. Important performances include

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(2006), Bohemian National Hall and

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(2010) in New York City, Semper Music International Festival in South Tyrol First International Art Festival in Kyrgyzstan (2012), Royce Hall in Los Angeles (2013), the First International Festival of Chamber Music "Silver Lyre" in St Petersburg (2010), Hradec Kralove Philharmony for Petrof's 150 anniversary and Sofia Music Weeks in Bulgaria. The duo specializes mostly in 20th-century repertoire, performing music by

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, Grigoriy Korchmar,

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, Federico Ibarra, Doug Opel,

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and Anatoly Zatin.

Recordings

* 2017 - Duo Petrof plays Ant. Petrof
Columna Musica
* 2015 - 88x2: Music for two pianos (Columna Musica) * 2013 - Idilio Mexicano (

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, Universidad de Colima) * 2008 - Duo PETROF:

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and transcriptions by Anatoly Zatin (Musical Iberoamericana)

Awards

* 2023 - Global Music Awards: Gold Medal, Best of show * 2020 - Global Music Awards: Silver Medal * 2018 - United States International Duo Piano Competition: first prize * 2017 - Global Music Awards: Silver Medal * 2017 - On Stage international classical music competition: third prize * 2016 - Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Nomination for El Jarabe Tapatio * 2016 - Mexican Music Awards: Contemporary Classical Duo of the year * 2016 - Nikolai Rubinstein Medal, Moscow Conservatory * 2015 - Global Music Awards: Silver Medal * 2009 - Web Concert Hall: Honorary Mention

References

External links

Official Website

* ttps://www.petrof.com/duo DUO PETROF
Duo Petrof's version of Jarabe Tapatio for two pianos
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