Laureate and audience prize winner at the sixty-third F. Busoni International Piano Competition (Italy, 2021).

Vladimir Petrov has been celebrated as «one of the best pianists of his generation» (Viviana Aubele, Martin Wullich journal). Critics have hailed him as «an amazing, highly talented pianist» (Denis Matsuev, Mediazavod) whose playing embodies «rare musicality and inimitable spirit» (Yurii Danilin, Literary Gazette). With roots in Russia, Petrov was raised from the age of three in Mexico, which he affectionately considers his homeland. In addition to his appearance at the Busoni competition, he has also achieved success at numerous other international competitions, including first-prize wins at the «Lotar Shevchenko» Competition (Russia); «Ciudad de Vigo» (Spain); «Jose Jacinto Cuevas» - Yamaha (Mexico); «NTD piano competition» (New York, USA), and «Neapolitan Masters Competition» (Italy).

His active concert career has taken him to France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, South Korea, the United States, the Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Malta, Cyprus, Romania, Russia, Belarus, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Chile. He has performed at some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including «Salle Cortot» (Paris, France), «Salle Frank Martin» (Geneva, Switzerland), Carnegie Hall (New York, USA), Palacio de Bellas Artes (CDMX, Mexico), the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory, Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres (Russia). Vladimir Petrov has performed with major orchestras across Europe and collaborated with renowned conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Lanfranco Marceletti, Tito Muñoz, Pavel Gerstein, Gleb Skvortsov, among others. He has also toured with eminent violinists Graf Mourzha and Kristóf Baráti. 

Petrov has released four solo albums, including «Encores» (2021, Mans label, Spain). His 2019 album, featuring Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes, was recorded in the famed Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. His next album, recorded in New York, is scheduled for release in 2025.

Vladimir Petrov graduated from the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow in 2020, where he studied with Valerii Piassetsky and Elisso Virsaladze. That same year, he was honored as the «Top Graduate Student of the Year». He continued his studies at the Hochschüle für Musik F. Liszt in Germany under the guidance of Grigory Gruzman.

Currently based in New York, he is pursuing a postgraduate degree at the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Horacio Gutiérrez, while performing internationally as a concert pianist.