Vladimir Petrov is percussionist in Bruckner Orchestra in Linz / Austria. He was born in Pleven / Bulgaria in 1986 and began studying percussion at the age of nine with Simeon Serafimov. He has performed with many orchestras such as the Opera-Philharmonic Society Ruse, Pleven Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Wien, Bruckner Orchestra Linz and was solo timpanist of the Junior Philharmonic Orchestra “Emil Chakarov”.

He has resided in Linz, Upper Austria since 2006 to study at the Anton Bruckner Private University where he received percussion tuition from Prof. Leonhard Schmidinger as well as marimba tuition from Prof. Bogdan Bacanu. Vladimir Petrov's extensive touring has enabled him to play both as a marimba and percussion soloist in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Spain and the Netherlands.

In 2005 at the International Percussion Competition "Pendim" he was awarded with the "Best Marimba Performance" prize. 
As a member of the Wave Duo in 2007, Mr.Petrov received the 1st Prize at the Universal Marimba Competition Belgium with his duo partner, Emiko Uchiyama. The duo was also awarded the Sabam Prize for the best interpretation of a set piece, the Keiko Abe Prize and the Audience Award.
In 2008 they recorded their duo album ,Tango‘ at Classic Concert Records.

He is a member of The Wave Quartet, founded by Bogdan Bacanu in 2008, that soon performed in important concert halls in Europe and Asia, where they met enthusiastic resonance. Already in the first concerts the Quartet had followed their passion for Baroque Music and performed a Concerto for originally 2 harpsichords by Johann Sebastian Bach. Their respectful and historically informed approach enthralled public and critics. Since then baroque music embodies a focus in the Quartets repertoire.

In order to that, the Quartets debut CD ,Aurora Borealis‘ was followed in 2009 by a recording of all three Concertos for 2 harpsichords by Bach, Peter Sadlo was hereby conducting ,Salzburg Barock‘ on period instruments.
This fascinating fusion of 2 ages also received great regards.

The follow-up project ,Senza Ripieno‘ impresses with mostly unpopular, but precious baroque works, without accompaniment, and very intimate.

The quartet has given masterclasses and concerts at the Music Conservatory Vienna, the International Summer Academy Mozarteum Salzburg, the University of Brno, the JianLi Percussion Festival China, the Adams Percussion Festival, the International Marimba Competition Salzburg, the Perkulliria Percussion Festival Spain, and the Semana de Musica de Ronda.
Among the highlights of the coming season there will be 3 performances in Salzburg Festival Hall with the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg under the direction of Carlos Domínguez-Nieto and concerts in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Austria and the USA.


Vladimir Petrov is an endorser of the Dutch instrument manufacturer Adams.