Joint concerts
M. Fedotov and G. Petrova perform together since 1992. Since 1994 till 2006 – duet of soloists of Moscow State Philharmonic Society “Maxim Fedotov – Galina Petrova”.Annual concerts at the Grand and the Small Halls of the Moscow Conservatory, at the Grand and the Small Halls of St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society. Concerts at central Philharmonic halls of Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk, Kiev, Minsk, Astana, Tashkent, Vilnius, Tallinn, etc. Regular concerts tours abroad: the USA, Japan, Australia, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, China, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, countries of the Baltic Area and of Central Asia, etc.
Duet “Fedotov-Petrova” participated in many prestigious festivals: “Russian Winter”, “Moscow Stars”, “Talents of Russia” (Grand Hall, Moscow Conservatory), “Moscow Autumn” (Moscow), “White Nights” (St. Petersburg), Festival of 300th anniversary of Saint Petersburg (with the Chamber Orchestra of the Vatican City), “Kremlin – Musical”, “Stars at Lake Baikal”, “Stars of the Planet” (Yalta, 2000-2008), at International festivals in Cannes, Chicago, Sorrento, Zagreb, Ohrid, Dubrovnik, Split, Napoli and many other cities as well.
Duet “Fedotov-Petrova” took part in cultural and political actions, and also in Days of Culture of Russian Federation in different countries – Days of Russian Culture in Kazakhstan (1993 and 2001), in Estonia (1999), Croatia (2002), Vietnam (2001), Belarus (2001), Mongolia (2002), Kyrgyzstan (2002), Serbia and Montenegro (2003). Cultural and political actions for Day of Russia in Uzbekistan, Transdniestria, etc., concerts within cultural program “Year of Russia in Kazakhstan” (2006), “Year of Russia in Ukraine” (2007), “Year of Russia in Poland” (2008), etc.
1998 - recitals in the series "Prominent Russian Performers at the Residences of the Diplomatic Corps Heads of the Big Eight states" under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
1999 – Action “Prominent Russian Performances – to the Third Millenium” (Berlin).
2003 – Duet “Fedotov-Petrova” was the only Russian representative at the “Millenium Concert” at the Grand Hall of the UN General Assembly (New York)
2003 – Duet “Fedotov-Petrova” was awarded Moscow City Prize in the domain of literature and art for concerts programs of 2000-2002.
During 17 years of constant joint concert activity M. Fedotov and G. Petrova performed all the main repertoire for violin and piano, playing monographic cycles - Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, etc.
Duet “Fedotov-Petrova” with composer A. Isakova created their own exclusive repertoire of transcriptions of symphony, opera and ballet music – Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Verdi, Gounod, Wagner, etc. These are full-length programs containing Russian and West European music virtuously transcribed for duet “violin-piano”. As a result the musicians have not only broadened the repertoire, but also have made a big step in development of their genre and expanded the limits of the possibilities of “violin-piano” duet. These programs have been shut by TV channel “Kultura” during the concerts at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and they are broadcasted, recorded and published by “DML-classics” (Japan) and “Classical Records”.
Fedotov and Petrova participate in different radio and TV programs. Such programs as “Golden Collection” and “In your House” are made by TV Channel “Kultura”; TV Channels “NTV” and “TVC” and foreign TV Channels also made programs about them.