Georgi Anichenko is a prizewinner of several major international competitions. He performs regularly as a soloist and holds leading positions in major orchestras, notably at La Monnaie in Brussels, Valencia and Luxemburg. He is also regularly invited to serve on juries, including at the Pernoo School of Musical Performance.
Georgi Anichenko was born in Minsk, Belarus, and began studying cello at the State Music College in Minsk at the age of 5 in the class of Vladimir Perlin. When he was 8 years old he played for the first time on a European tour. At the age of 15, Georgi started his further studies at the National Higher Conservatory in Paris in the class of Philippe Muller and later continued his postgraduate studies with Jerôme Pernoo.
Georgi has won several prizes in international competitions. In 1996 he received the 1st prize in the International Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow and in 1997 he won the prize for virtuosity in the International Junior Tchaikovsky Competition in Sint Petersburg, he won the 2nd prize in the André Navarra International Cello Competition in France, the 2nd prize in the Lutoslawski International Cello Competition in Poland, the 4th prize in the Isang Yun International Cello Competition in South Korea, the 1st Prize in the Unisa International Strings Competition in South Africa and 2nd Prize in the Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition in Mexico.
Georgi has performed in many renowned halls in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Moscow, Los Angeles, New York, Warsaw and South Korea. He has performed in international festivals: La Folle Journée in Tokyo, Kings Place Music Festival in London, the Colmar International Music Festival, in the Périgord Noir, in Saint-Riquier, in the Août Musical in Deauville, the Rencontres Musicales in Artois, Les Vacances de Monsieur Haydn in France, the Pärnu Music Festival, the Martina Franca Music Festival and the Festival Groba in Spain.
Georgi plays in duo with the Russian pianist Anastasya Terenkova. He is cello leader of the Orquesta de la Comunitat Valenciana in Spain and upon invitation he played as cello leader on a tour with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi and Paavo Järvi in Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and Istanbul. He is regularly invited as cello leader in the orchestra of the Paavo Järvi Festival in Estonia.
Since September 2017, Georgi has been the cello leader in the orchestra of La Monnaie in Brussels.
