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Vladi Petrov

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Vladi Petrov has been a timpanist and percussionist with the Bruckner Orchestra Linz since 2009. He was born in Bulgaria in 1986 and received his first percussion lessons from Simeon Serafimov at the age of nine. He later studied drumset and jazz vibraphone with Hristo Yocov at the National Music Academy ‘Pantcho Vladigerov’ in Sofia.

In 2006, Vladi continued his studies at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz. There, he studied percussion with Prof. Leonhard Schmidinger and marimba with Prof. Bogdan Bacanu. He graduated with the highest distinction.

Vladi has won several prizes at international percussion competitions. In 2001, he won first prize at the international percussion competition ‘Pendim’. Four years later, he received the prize for the best marimba performance at the same competition. Together with Emiko Uchiyama, he formed Wave Duo. In 2007, they won first prize, the Audience Prize, the Keiko Abe Prize and the prize for the best performance of the set piece at the Universal Marimba Competition in Belgium.

As a marimba and percussion soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician, Vladi has performed throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. With the Wave Marimba Quartet, he contributed to several CD recordings for labels including Classic Concert, Genuin Classics and Sony Classical.

Vladi is also an Adams Drums endorser. He plays an extensive Adams 8000 Series drum kit, bringing his broad experience as a percussionist to the drumset.

Adams 8000 Series drum setup

Vladi plays an extensive Adams 8000 D Savage 22" Rock in a White Sparkle finish.

Drum kit

  • Bass drum: 22"
  • Toms: 10", 12", 14" and 16"
  • Left tom: 16"
  • Pancake gong tom: 20"
  • Adams snare drum: 14"
  • Vladi Petrov Signature piccolo snare drum: 10"
  • Adams Master Classic bongos
  • LP Matador timbales

Drumsticks
Vladi uses the Vladi Petrov Drum Set Signature Series by Percussion Infinity.

Cymbals

  • 13" Zildjian K Custom Hi-Hat
  • 14" Zildjian K Custom Dark Crash
  • 16" Zildjian K Custom Fast Crash
  • 17" Zildjian K Custom Dark Crash
  • 18" Zildjian K Custom Dark Crash
  • 9" Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Splash
  • 8" UFIP Natural Series Splash
  • 10" Sabian AAX Series
  • 20" Zildjian K Custom Dark Ride
  • 19" Zildjian K Custom Hybrid China
  • 20" Murat Diril China
  • 12" Meinl Generation X China over 14" Meinl Generation X China
  • 16" Bosphorus Gold Series Crash

Drumheads

  • Toms: Remo Pin Stripe Clear batter heads and Remo Clear Resonance resonant heads
  • Left tom: Remo Pin Stripe Clear batter head and Remo Clear Resonance resonant head
  • Gong tom: Remo Powerstroke 3 Bass batter head
  • Piccolo snare drum: Remo Ambassador Coated batter head and Remo Clear Resonance resonant head
  • Snare drum: Remo Ambassador Coated batter head and Remo Ambassador Clear resonant head
  • Bass drum: Remo Pin Stripe Clear batter head and Remo Black Resonance resonant head