George Petrou

Among the leading figures in Greece's early music movement, conductor George Petrou also directs performances of operetta and musical theater. He is the artistic director of the early music group Armonia Atenea. Petrou was born in Athens. He studied piano at Athens Conservatory and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Petrou began his career as a pianist, performing in a piano duo with Christos Papageorgiou. After switching to conducting, he became interested in historical instruments and historical performance practices, although these were fairly rare in Greece when he ...