Dimos Goudaroulis

Cellist specialising in modern and Baroque cello, as well as in the four- or five-string violoncello piccolo. During his 30-year musical career, he has participated in countless concerts, tours and recordings, playing with leading musicians and ensembles of classical and Baroque music, as well as jazz, improvised and folk music around the world. He was born in 1970 in Larissa and grew up in Thessaloniki, where he studied cello with George Manolas, Ivan Bianchi, Roussi Dragnev. In 1988, he moved to Paris, where he continued his studies with Philippe Muller and Reine Flachot, and began playing jazz and improvisational music. In 1996, he moved to Brazil. For a decade, he was cello professor at the São Paulo State University – UNICAMP. In 2003, he won the prestigious Carlos Gomes Award as the best soloist of the year and, in 2008, his recording of Bach’s solo cello suites received the Prêmio Bravo de Cultura Award as the best classical music album of the year. In 2015, he returned to Greece. He is professor of cello at the Thessaloniki State Conservatory and artistic director of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall Baroque Music Festival. He performs regularly throughout Europe, Latin America, the USA and Canada. His discography includes about 40 albums.