"Amazed by his talent, musicality and technique! Georgy is a rare example of a musician who manages to connect knowledge and respect for musical tradition with his own creativity and gorgeous talent."
- Mstislav Rostropovich (Moscow 2002)
"He stands out among the very talented musicians from around the world... "
– Walter Afanasieff (Los Angeles 2016)
Georgy Gusev is a graduate of the famed Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He performs at major music festivals and events worldwide with other musicians, singers, dancers, and performers including but not limited to Yo-Yo Ma, Natalia Gutman, Giovanni Sollima, Enrico Dindo, Rocco Filippini, Monika Leskovar, Andrey Gavrilov, Boris Andrianov, Eliso Virsaladze, Pavel Vernikov, Sonig Tchakerian, Elsa Lila, Dilnaz Akhmadieva. He also worked with several multi-Grammy Award winning composers, producers and performers such as Randy Jackson, Walter Afanasieff, Kenny G, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Mark Mancina.
Georgy began his career with a series of compositions for solo cello entitled, Traveler's Diary that has been incorporated onto the music track for various shows produced by Russian television and Italian RAI as well as several films. His first solo project as a cellist and composer is the album Cello Drive, sponsored by Thomastik-Infeld Vienna and released by the UK label North2North in July 2016.
Georgy’s Carnegie Hall debut in NYC as a cellist and composer took place on February 2, 2018.
In 2011 in Russia, Georgy founded GOSH Projects - a Creative Laboratory, committed to supporting new projects of young and extraordinarily talented artists. He is also a founder and Artistic Director of the International Music Festival Masters of Music held annually in Moscow since 2013.
Georgy plays a cello made by Ernst Liebich III (Breslau, 1880)
