Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin
Cellist Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin is emerging as one of the leading Greek musicians of his generation, with an international career both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. In 2021 he appeared as soloist with the Athens State Orchestra under the baton of Leonidas Kavakos, who invited him to join his ensemble “ApollΩn Ensemble”, with which he tours regularly throughout Europe and Asia.
His first major appearance in the United States took place in 2016 with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra. Soon after, he gained international recognition as a prizewinner at the prestigious Paulo International Cello Competition in Finland.
As a soloist, he has performed with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Israel Camerata, NEC Philharmonia, and Symphony in C, among others.
In February 2025 he made his debut at Merkin Hall in New York City, alongside pianist Alexia Mouza, and that same year he released his first solo album with GENUIN Classics.
He is a founding member of the Trio Zimbalist, with which he tours in Europe and the United States. The trio’s debut album was released to critical acclaim in January 2024 on the Curtis Studio label.
In 2023 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Samos Young Artists Festival.
He has collaborated with distinguished musicians such as Leonidas Kavakos, Roman Simovic, Pamela Frank, Miriam Fried, Kim Kashkashian, Roberto Diaz, Peter Wiley, Jonathan Biss, Roman Rabinovich, and has appeared at major international festivals including the Verbier Festival, Marlboro Festival, Lotte Classic Revolution, Chamberfest Cleveland, and the Athens Epidaurus Festival.
He began cello lessons with Dmitri Gudimov and later studied with Dimitris Partas at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki. He continued his studies at the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music in USA with Peter Wiley and Carter Brey. In 2017, supported by an Onassis Foundation scholarship, he pursued graduate studies at the New England Conservatory under Laurence Lesser.
He performs on a Gennaro Gagliano cello (Naples, c. 1750), generously donated by an anonymous member of the Stretton Society.