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Gabriel read Music at Durham University where he performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician, graduating in 2021 with the Eve Myra Kisch Prize for musical excellence. In 2024, Gabriel was awarded First Prize at the Muriel Taylor Cello Competition and the Irish Heritage UK competition, held at Wigmore Hall. He also won First Prize at the 4th Edition of the International Contemporary Music Interpretation Competition (adjudicated by Giovanni Sollima) by the Flavio Vespasiano Foundation and was subsequently invited to perform a recital at the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, including a world premiere of a piece written for him by British composer Deborah Pritchard. Gabriel is a 2024-25 Britten Pears Young Artist.
Gabriel has performed extensively throughout the UK, Europe and Asia including venues such as Wigmore Hall, The Arnold Schönberg Center, St Martin-in-the Field’s, The Princess Alexandra Hall, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, The Barbican Hall, The Sage, Gateshead, St James’s Piccadilly, Milton Court Concert Hall, Café OTO and St John Smith’s Square. He has been invited to attend festivals across the UK and Europe such as the International Summer Academy of the MDW in Vienna, Santander Encounter of Music and Academy, the Aldeburgh Festival, Brussels Cello Festival, Schiermonnikoog and IMS Prussia Cove. Recent performances include Schumann’s Cello Concerto at Cambridge University (St John’s College Chapel) and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Rutland Sinfonia. He looks forward to performing Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in 2025 with the Essex Symphony Orchestra. In the coming months Gabriel looks forward to numerous concerts, including Boulez’s Messagesquisse as part of the London Symphony Orchestra’s Boulez 100: Chamber Concert in London.
He has performed recitals, given masterclasses and sat on competition juries across seven cities in China, including recitals at Bechstein Concert Halls in Shanghai and Beijing. Gabriel has won numerous awards from The Countess of Munster Musical Trust, Help Musicians UK, The Stephen Bell Scheme and the Essex Foundation supporting his studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Louise Hopkins, where he is currently on the Artist Diploma course. Gabriel has performed masterclasses for Gary Hoffman, Steve Doane, Frans Helmerson, Guy Johnston, Louise Hopkins, Alasdair Tait, David Waterman, Ilya Poletaev, Christoph Richter, Rebecca Gilliver, Adrian Brendel and Julian Lloyd Webber among others.
Winning the Hall Memorial Prize at the Essex Young Musician Competition and the 2022/23 musician in residence at St James’s Church, Piccadilly, Gabriel has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 numerous times as a soloist (Including solo performances of Kaija Saariaho works and Luigi Dallapiccola’s Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio), chamber musician and with his award winning piano trio – Trio Casella. His piano trio won first prize at the Piano Trio Society’s Intercollegiate competition, the Ivan Sutton and the St James’ Chamber Music Competitions in London. They were also awarded third prize at the 2024 Renzo Giubergia International Competition. As a founding member, Gabriel enjoys work with the Komuna Collective, a collective of contemporary musicians whose work has been supported by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust, Arts Council England, The Oxford Research Centre for Humanities and PRS Foundation. Their debut album ‘Views from the Real World’ will be released in December 2024 followed by a series of launch events in London, Oxford, Norwich and Manchester. They look forward to attending Classical:NEXT 2025 - the global gathering for all art music professionals taking place in Berlin.
Gabriel has won first prize at the Windsor Festival Composition Competition and was principal conductor of the Durham University Chamber Orchestra, conducting a concert at The Sage, Gateshead with soloist Sir Thomas Allen. Prior to this, Gabriel studied with Guy Johnston and was awarded the Andrew Lloyd Webber Scholarship to Eton College, where he studied with Sue Lowe.
Gabriel read Music at Durham University where he performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician, graduating in 2021 with the Eve Myra Kisch Prize for musical excellence. In 2024, Gabriel was awarded First Prize at the Muriel Taylor Cello Competition and the Irish Heritage UK competition, held at Wigmore Hall. He also won First Prize at the 4th Edition of the International Contemporary Music Interpretation Competition (adjudicated by Giovanni Sollima) by the Flavio Vespasiano Foundation and was subsequently invited to perform a recital at the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, including a world premiere of a piece written for him by British composer Deborah Pritchard. Gabriel is a 2024-25 Britten Pears Young Artist.
Gabriel has performed extensively throughout the UK, Europe and Asia including venues Wigmore Hall, The Arnold Schönberg Center, St Martin-in-the Field’s, The Princess Alexandra Hall, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, The Barbican Hall, The Sage Gateshead, The Holywell Music Room, St James’s Piccadilly, Milton Court Concert Hall, Café OTO and St John Smith’s Square. He has been invited to attend festivals across the UK and Europe such as the International Summer Academy of the MDW in Vienna, Santander Encounter of Music and Academy, the Aldeburgh Festival, Brussels Cello Festival, Schiermonnikoog and IMS Prussia Cove. Recent performances include Schumann’s Cello Concerto at Cambridge University (St John’s College Chapel) and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Rutland Sinfonia. He looks forward to performing Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in 2025 with the Essex Symphony Orchestra. In the coming months Gabriel looks forward to numerous concerts, including Boulez’s Messagesquisse as part of the London Symphony Orchestra’s Boulez 100: Chamber Concert in London.
He has performed recitals, given masterclasses and sat on competition juries across seven cities in China, including recitals at Bechstein Concert Halls in Shanghai and Beijing. Gabriel has won numerous awards from The Countess of Munster Musical Trust, Help Musicians UK, The Stephen Bell Scheme and the Essex Foundation supporting his studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Louise Hopkins, where he is currently on the Artist Diploma course. Gabriel has performed masterclasses for Gary Hoffman, Steve Doane, Frans Helmerson, Guy Johnston, Louise Hopkins, Alasdair Tait, David Waterman, Ilya Poletaev, Christoph Richter, Rebecca Gilliver, Adrian Brendel and Julian Lloyd Webber among others.
Winning the Hall Memorial Prize at the Essex Young Musician Competition and the 2022/23 musician in residence at St James’s Church, Piccadilly, Gabriel has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 numerous times as a soloist (Including solo performances of Kaija Saariaho works and Luigi Dallapiccola’s Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio), chamber musician and with his award winning piano trio – Trio Casella.
His piano trio won first prize at the Piano Trio Society’s Intercollegiate competition, the Ivan Sutton and the St James’ Chamber Music Competitions in London. They were also awarded third prize at the 2024 Renzo Giubergia International Competition. As a founding member, Gabriel enjoys work with the Komuna Collective, a collective of contemporary musicians whose work has been supported by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust, Arts Council England, The Oxford Research Centre for Humanities and PRS Foundation. Their debut album ‘Views from the Real World’ will be released in December 2024 followed by a series of launch events in London, Oxford, Norwich and Manchester. They look forward to attending Classical:NEXT 2025 - the global gathering for all art music professionals taking place in Berlin.
Gabriel has won first prize at the Windsor Festival Composition Competition and was principal conductor of the Durham University Chamber Orchestra, conducting a concert at The Sage, Gateshead with soloist Sir Thomas Allen. Prior to this, Gabriel studied with Guy Johnston and was awarded the Andrew Lloyd Webber Scholarship to Eton College, where he studied with Sue Lowe.
