Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov

Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov (, 14 April 19433 August 2011) was a Russian pianist.

Petrov was born in Moscow, the son of the cellist Arnold Ferkelman and the grandson of the operatic bass Vasily Rodionovich Petrov, and began learning the piano at the age of three. At the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory his teacher was Tatyana Kestner and in 1961 Petrov entered the class of Yakov Zak at the Conservatory itself.

His awards included the Grande Médaille d'Or of the Académie Balzac, People's Artist of the USSR and the Russian State Prize.

Petrov was married to Larissa, who outlived him. He had a daughter named Evgenia who was born in 1976. He died in August 3, 2011, aged 68.

In a telegram to his family, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev stated:

Honours and awards Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (2004) and 4th class (1998) Order of Honour (2008) Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1975) People's Artist of RSFSR (1986) People's Artist of the USSR (1991) State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993) One of the minor planets is named after Nikolai Petrov President of the Academy of Russian Art (from 1998) The badge of honour "Public recognition" (1998)