The Russian violist, composer and conductor Juri GILBO born 1968 in St Petersburg, began his musical life with violin lessons at the age of four. His studies took him to the St. Petersburg State Conservatory and subsequently to the celebrated German violist Tabea Zimmermann at the University for Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt am Main.

Juri Gilbo studied conducting with Luigi Sagrestano and made his conducting debut in 1997. Since then, his concerts have taken him to the USA, Europe, Brazil, Japan, China, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey and Dubai.

In 1998, Gilbo took over the position of musical director of the Russian Chamber Philharmonic St Petersburg. With tremendous success, he performs in the most renowned concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Salzburg Festival House, Munich Philharmonic Hall, Tonhalle Zurich, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Bayreuth Opera House, El Teatro National de Costa Rica, Is Sanat Hall Istanbul and Bern Concert House to sold out halls and standing ovations.

Gilbo regularly collaborates with world-class soloists such as Sir James Galway, Mischa Maisky, Sergei Nakariakov, Giora Feidman, Sharon Kam, Fabio di Casola, Liana Isakadze and Andrei Gavrilov. He has conducted in the many international festivals, including Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany), Izmir Festival (Turkey), Al Bustan Festival Beirut (Lebanon), Brno Music Festival (Czech Republic), Tiflis Music Festival (Georgia), Festival Musique en Vendée (France) and Saas-Fee Music Summer (Switzerland).