Gabriel Schwabe has established himself among the leading cellists of his generation. He is a laureate of numerous national and international competitions, including the Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann and the Concours Rostropovich in Paris. In 2009 he won the prestigious Pierre Fournier Award in London.
As a soloist, he has worked with orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie- Orchester Berlin, Malmö and Norrköping Symphony Orchestras and the Royal Northern Sinfonia with conductors including Marek Janowski, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Dennis Russell Davies, Cornelius Meister, Marc Soustrot, Lars Vogt and Michael Sanderling. In 2010 Schwabe gave his recital debut at Wigmore Hall in London.
He is a regular guest at festivals such as the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, Kronberg Academy Festival and the Amsterdam Biennale, and has performed with artists including Isabelle Faust, Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt, Kirill Gerstein and Jonathan Gilad.
Schwabe was born to German-Spanish parents in Berlin. He studied with Catalin Ilea in Berlin and Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy and received further guidance from János Starker, Gary Hoffmann and Gidon Kremer. He is a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Cologne and the Conservatorium Maastricht and plays an instrument by Giuseppe Guarneri (Cremona, 1695).
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