Sol Gabetta
cello
Following her residencies with the Staatskapelle Dresden and Bamberg Symphony, cellist Sol Gabetta opened the 2023–24 season with a tour of Germany and Austria with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Mikko Franck. Other season highlights include a tour with with Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra, appearances with the Wiener Philharmoniker at Mozartwoche Salzburg, and performances with The Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Gewandhausorchester, and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
A respected advocate of new compositions for her instrument, Gabetta gave the world premiere at Radio France of Francisco Coll’s Cello Concerto, created especially for her. Gabetta reprises this concerto at the BBC Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Elim Chan.
Gabetta was Artiste étoile at the Lucerne Festival and continues drawing inspiration from a wide circle of collaborators at the Solsberg Festival, which flourishes under her committed artistic direction.
Chamber music is at the core of Gabetta’s work. Past chamber music performances have led her to venues such as Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, and the Verbier and Salzburg festivals. Recent recitals include a tour with her longtime recital partner, pianist Bertrand Chamayou, through Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain, and Italy.
In recognition of her exceptional artistic achievements, Gabetta was honored with the European Culture Prize in 2022. She also received the Herbert von Karajan Prize in 2018 and the first OPUS Klassik Award for Instrumentalist of the Year in 2019. A Grammy Award nominee, she also received Gramophone’s Young Artist of the Year Award in 2010 and commendations at Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Competition.
Gabetta continues to build her extensive discography with Sony Classical, the most recent releases being a recording of late works by Robert Schumann and cello concertos by Elgar and Martinů with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Gabetta performs on several instruments from the early 18th century, including a cello by Matteo Goffriller from 1730, provided to her by Atelier Cels Paris, and since 2020, the famous “Bonamy Dobree-Suggia” by Antonio Stradivarius from 1717, on generous loan from the Stradivari Foundation Habisreutinger. She has taught at the Basel Music Academy since 2005.