Cello

Prof. Gabriel Schwabe (Cello-Summit Vienna)

The Cologne University of Music; Conservatorium Maastricht

This masterclass took part in the past. Take a look at our list of upcoming masterclasses.
Course services

Individual lessons (open to the public)

An accompanist

Public performance

Providing certificates of completion of the course (which will be hold as part of the Cello Summit)

For the best students of the course concert in Musikvereine Wien

Passive participation: 50€ per day

Also available online

Free admission for all active students during the courses of the Cello-Summit Vienna (Prof. Troels Svane, Prof. Gabriel Schwabe, Prof. Giovanni Gnocchi, Prof. Rienhard Latzko, Prof. Atanas Krastev, Prof. Johannes Moser, Prof. Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Prof. Jens-Peter Maintz, Prof. Francis Gouton, Prof. Wen-Sinn Yang, Prof. Jerome Pernoo, Prof. Tristan Cornut)

Course location

MusikQuartier Vienna
Mariahilfer Straße 51, 1060 Vienna, Austria

About Prof. Gabriel Schwabe (Cello-Summit Vienna)

Gabriel Schwabe is a laureate of three of the world‘s most prestigious cello competitions: the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann in Berlin, the Concours Rostropovich in Paris and the Pierre Fournier Award in London. As a soloist he has worked with important orchestras such as the London Philharmonia, the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the NDR Radio Philharmonic, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, the DSO Berlin, the Malmö and Norrköping Symphony Orchestras and the NCPA Orchestra Beijing with conductors such as Marek Janowski, Eivind Gullberg-Jensen, Dennis Russell-Davies, Cornelius Meister, Michael Sanderling and Marc Soustrot.

In chamber music, Gabriel Schwabe regularly performs with artists such as Isabelle Faust, Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt, Kirill Gerstein and Enrico Pace. In 2010 he gave his recital debut at London’s Wigmore Hall. He is a regular guest at festivals such as the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival, Kronberg Festival, Amsterdam Biennale and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.

Since 2015, he has been an exclusive recording artist with record label Naxos. His debut CD (Brahms Sonatas and Songs with pianist Nicholas Rimmer) was released the same year. Releases with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra under Marc Soustrot, the Royal Northern Sinfonia under Lars Vogt and the Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Antoni Wit followed to great critical acclaim.

Gabriel Schwabe was born in Berlin to German-Spanish parents. He studied with Catalin Ilea at the University of Arts in Berlin and with Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy and recieved further stimulus from Janos Starker, Gary Hoffmann and Gidon Kremer.

He is a cello professor at the HfMT Cologne and the Conservatorium Maastricht. He is married to violinist Hellen Weiß and plays a cello by Giuseppe Guarneri (Cremona, 1695).

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