Gabriel Schwabe
Kronberg Academy Master
Kronberg Academy Professional Studies Studies with Frans Helmerson funded by the Hilmar Kopper patronage
Grand Prix Emmanuel Feuermann, special award winner
Cello Masterclasses, Participant
Cello Festival, concert
Chamber Music Connects the World, junior
Cello Masterclasses, Boris Pergamenschikow scholarship
Appointment with Slava
Alumni Meeting
Kronberg Festival, concert
Mit Musik – Miteinander, tutor
Cello Masterclasses, concert
Chamber Music Connects the World
“Hugely impressive and refreshingly straightforward ” - The Guardian
“…fresh-faced, full of vitality...” - The Strad
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, Giancarlo Guerrero, 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 recieved further stimulus from Janos Starker, Gary Hoffmann and Gidon Kremer.
He is a cello professor at the HfMT Cologne and the Conservatorium Maastricht. Schwabe plays a cello by Giuseppe Guarneri (Cremona, 1695).
2008 - 2013, he studied at Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson, funded by the Hilmar Kopper Scholarship.
ÖSTERREICH
Participants
- Irène Duval violin
- Sào Soulez Larivière viola
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Friedrich Thiele Cello
- Jérémie Moreau piano
- Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
- Geneva Lewis violin
- Kaoru Oe violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Gabriel Schwabe cello
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370 – approx. 15'
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Rondeau: Allegro
Michael Höfele, oboe
Irène Duval, violin
Sao Soulez-Larivière, viola
Benedict Kloeckner, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 (“Ghost Trio”) – approx. 25'
I. Allegro vivace e con brio (D major)
II. Largo assai ed espressivo (D minor)
III. Presto (D major)
Sarah Jégou-Sageman, violin
Friedrich Thiele, cello
Jeremie Moreau, piano
INTERMISSION
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
• Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 (1911) – approx. 5'
Mishka Momen, piano
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
• Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 15 – approx. 35'
I. Mäßiges Zeitmaß, mit schwungvoll blühendem Ausdruck
II. Adagio. Mit größter Ruhe, stets äußerst gebunden und ausdrucksvoll
III. Finale. Gemessen beinahe pathetisch
Geneva Lewis, violin
Kaoru Oe, violin
Matthew Lipman, viola
Gabriel Schwabe, cello
Mishka Momen, piano
Programme subject to change
FRANKREICH
Participants
- Francoise Verherve
- Stephanie Winker
- Thorsten Johanns clarinet
- Sarah Jégou-Sageman violin
- Cosima Soulez Larivière violin
- Gabriel Schwabe Cello
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
- Itai Navon piano
- Irène Duval violin
- Sindy Mohamed viola
- Benedict Kloeckner Cello
Programme
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
• Introduction et Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet (1905) – approx. 11'
Francoise Verherve, harp
Stephanie Winker, flute
Thorsten Johanns, clarinet
Sarah Jégou-Jageman, violin
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin
Matthew Lipman, viola
Gabriel Schwabe, cello
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
• Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp – approx. 16'
I. Pastorale: Lento, dolce rubato
II. Interlude: Tempo di minuetto
III. Finale: Allegro moderato ma risoluto
Stephanie Winker, flute
Matthew Lipman, viola
Francoise Verherve, harp
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
• Scaramouche, Op. 165b (version for clarinet and piano) – approx. 10'
I. Vif
II. Modéré
III. Brazileira (Mouvement de Samba)
Thorsten Johanns, clarinet
Jean-Selim Abdelmoula, piano
INTERMISSION
Erik Satie (1866–1925)
• Gnossienne No. 1 for solo piano – approx. 3'
Itai Navon, piano
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
• Piano Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 41 – approx. 31'
I. Allegretto
II. Andante maestoso ma con moto
III. Poco allegro più tosto moderato
IV. Allegro
Irène Duval, violin
Sindy Mohamed, viola
Benedict Kloeckner, cello
Itai Navon, piano
Programme subject to change
RUSSLAND
Participants
- Cosima Soulez Larivière violin
- Kaoru Oe violin
- Sindy Mohamed viola
- Gabriel Schwabe Cello
- Julia Hamos piano
- Emil Kuyumcuyan
- Suyoen Kim violin
- Friedrich Thiele Cello
- Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula piano
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• String Quartet No. 1 (unfinished), TH ii/30 – approx. 13'
II. Romance: Andante espressivo (G minor)
III. Scherzo: Allegro (D major)
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin
Kaoru Oe, violin
Sindy Mohamed, viola
Gabriel Schwabe, cello
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) / arr. Oriol Cruixent
• Suite for Variety Orchestra (“Jazz Suite No. 2”) – for piano trio & 3 percussionists – approx. 25'
Julia Hamos, piano
Cosima Soulez-Larivière, violin
Gabriel Schwabe, cello
Emil Kuyumcuyan, percussion
N.N., percussion
INTERMISSION
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
• Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 “À la mémoire d’un grand artiste” – approx. 50'
I. Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai – Allegro giusto
II. Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
– Finale e coda: Allegro risoluto e con fuoco
Suyeon Kim, violin
Friedrich Thiele, cello
Jean-Selim Abdelmoula, piano
Programme subject to change