Canellakis’s recent performance highlights include concerto appearances with the Orlando, Virginia, Albany, Delaware, Stamford, Richardson, Lansing, and Bangor symphonies; the Erie Philharmonic; The Orchestra Now; the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, where he served as artist-in-residence; and the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. He also appears in recitals throughout the United States with longtime duo collaborator, pianist and composer Michael Stephen Brown. Recent appearances will include those at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, the Four Arts in Palm Beach, New Orleans Friends of Chamber Music, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and Wolf Trap.

Canellakis is a longtime artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, performing regularly in Alice Tully Hall and on international tours to such venues as Wigmore Hall, the Louvre, the Seoul Arts Center, and the National Concert Halls of Shanghai and Taipei.

A frequent guest at leading chamber music festivals, he has appeared at Santa Fe, Music@Menlo, Bridgehampton, La Jolla, Moab, Chamberfest Cleveland, and Rockport festivals. As artistic director of Chamber Music Sedona in Arizona, he has expanded the organization’s programming, education initiatives, and community engagement.

Beyond the concert stage, Canellakis is an accomplished filmmaker, actor, and comedian. His short films My New Cello and the award-winning Thin Walls have been screened at major film festivals and are available to stream online. His comedic shorts and other creative content have amassed more than 40 million views across digital platforms. His 2023 album, (b)romance, featuring original compositions and arrangements with Michael Stephen Brown, was released on First Hand Records.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and New England Conservatory, Canellakis studied with Orlando Cole, Peter Wiley, Paul Katz, and Madeleine Golz. He began his career with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center through its Bowers Program, formerly CMS Two, and was in residence at Carnegie Hall with Ensemble Connect. He also serves on the cello faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music.

Canellakis performs on an 1840 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume cello.