George Wilkes is a British Cellist currently studying at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels in the class of Jeroen Reuling. He studied in London for four years prior to this with Josephine Knight at the Royal Academy of Music.

As a chamber musician and soloist he has performed throughout the Uk and Europe, receiving invitations to the Santander Festival in Spain, Nume Festival in Italy, the Schiermonnikoog Festival

and Apeldoorn Festival in the Netherlands, and the Hellensmusic Festival in the UK.

It was at these festivals that he worked with prestigious musicians such as Misha Amory of the Brentano String Quartet, Bruno Delepelaire Principal Cellist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Maya Iwabuchi leader of the Scottish National Orchestra and

Mihaela Martin soloist and professor at Kronberg Academy.

George has also had masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Steven Isserlis and Gary Hoffman, and during the summer of 2023 he spent six weeks in the United States studying with Hans Jensen. George won the Third Prize at the Verão Classico

Festival in Portugal and was awarded a grant by the Cooper Collection to study in Brussels.

As an advocate of contemporary music, George has worked with the esteemed composer Helmut Lachenmann, performing his work in Amsterdam and Brussels. He has received coaching from members of the Riot Ensemble and Manchester Collective and recently he performed Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire at the MIM in

Brussels. George also worked with Rob Lane to premiere his new piece for cello ensemble, `Northern Lights’.

Whilst at the Royal Academy in London George led projects with the symphony and chamber orchestras working with conductors such as Sir Mark Elder and Edward Gardner.

He was also a prize winner in the May Mukle/Douglas Cameron competition and received the Frank Britton Award. In September 2025 he is set to return to London to study with the prestigious cellist Louise Hopkins at the Guildhall School.

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