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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 attended festivals across the UK and Europe such as the International Summer Academy of the MDW in Vienna, Santander Encounter of Music and Academy, Schiermonnikoog and IMS Prussia Cove and enjoyed playing chamber music with musicians such as Isabel Charisius, Ralf Gothoni and Levon Chilingirian.
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, 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 have won the Piano Trio Society’s Intercollegiate competition and have been selected to compete in the live rounds of the Trio di Trieste International Chamber Music Competition 2024. They have also won First Prize at the Ivan Sutton and St James’ Chamber Music Competitions in London. As a founding member, Gabriel enjoys work with the Komuna Collective, a collective of contemporary musicians funded by Arts Council England, PRS Foundation and TORCH Oxford.
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, St James’s Piccadilly, Milton Court Concert Hall, Café OTO and St John Smith’s Square. He has attended festivals across the UK and Europe such as the International Summer Academy of the MDW in Vienna, Santander Encounter of Music and Academy, Schiermonnikoog and IMS Prussia Cove.
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, 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 have won the Piano Trio Society’s Intercollegiate competition and have been selected to compete in the live rounds of the Trio di Trieste International Chamber Music Competition 2024. They have also won First Prize at the Ivan Sutton and St James’ Chamber Music Competitions in London. As a founding member, Gabriel enjoys work with the Komuna Collective, a collective of contemporary musicians funded by Arts Council England, PRS Foundation and TORCH Oxford.
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.
