George Petrou

Grammy nominee and Echo Klassik winner George Petrou is a highly distinguished conductor with a remarkable international career. Ηe is the Artistic director of the Internationale Händel Festspiele-Göttingen and the Artistic director of the renowned Athens based orchestra Armonia Atenea, with which he tours and records extensively, performing both on period or modern instruments. From 2020 until 2022 he was the Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Greek Radio. In addition to his conducting activities, George Petrou has developed a vivid interest in stage directing and has signed several successful productions. In the current season he will conduct Purcell’s “Miranda” at oper Köln, Gluck’s “Iphigenie en Tauride” at the Olympia theatre in Athens, Rossini’s “Aurelia