George Petrou

He started an early career as a concert pianist, but began conducting, developing a parallel interest in historical keyboard instruments and their practices.

Since 2012 he has been the artistic director of the Athens-based orchestra Armonia Atenea (former Athens Camerata) with which he tours and records, performing both on period or modern instruments.

From the season 2021–22 he will be the artistic director of the historical Göttingen International Handel Festival.

He also stage-directs and has recently signed[clarification needed] several opera and musical theatre productions, including Handel's Alcina, Porter's Kiss Me Kate, Bernstein's West Side Story, Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and Company and The Godson by Theophrastos Sakellaridis, the most celebrated Greek operetta.

His recordings have been positively received by critics (Diapason d'Or, Preis der Deutsche Schalplattenkritik, Choc-Monde de la Musique, Gramophone-Editor's Choice, BBC Mag/Recording of the Month, CD of the week in The Sunday Times, Recording of the month in Musicweb, Crescendo Bestenliste Platz 1, etc.).