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Fabien Gabel (born 10 September 1975) is a French conductor.

Biography

As a youth, Gabel began trumpet studies at age 6. He continued his music education at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he won a first prize in 1996, and at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. His interest in conducting began in his mid-20's. Gabel won the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in November 2004, and subsequently served as an assistant conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra as a result of this award.

Gabel was music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec from 2012 to 2021. Gabel served as music director of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, initially for the period from 2017 to 2018, and subsequently continuing through 2021. In 2019, Gabel first guest-conducted the Tonkünstler Orchestra. In June 2023, the Tonkünstler Orchestra announced the appointment of Gabel as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2025-2026 season, with an initial contract of four years.

Discography

• "Ne Me Refuse Pas" with Marie-Nicole Lemieux and the Orchestre National de France (Naïve)
• Oeuvres de Lucien Guerinel with the Orchestre National de France
• Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky, works for cello and orchestra: Stéphane Tétreault and the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (Analekta)
• Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov with Natasha Paremski and The Royal Philharmonic
• Saint-Saëns: piano concertos n°2 & n°5, Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, piano, BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Martyn Brabbins & Fabien Gabel; label Aparté 2015

Awards and honours

• 1st prize for Trumpet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (1996)
• Winner of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition (2004)
• The 'Académie Charles Cros' award 2011 (Naïve recording)

References

1. ^ Amandine Vachez (2019-08-20). "Entretien avec Fabien Gabel, directeur musical de l'Orchestre français des jeunes". Lille Actu. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
2. Ben Mattison (2004-11-23). "Sabien [sic] Gabel Wins London's Donatella Flick Conducting Competition". Playbill. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
3. Caroline Rodgers (2019-05-17). "Fabien Gabel renouvelle son contrat avec l'OSQ pour la saison 2019-2020". Ludwig Van Montréal. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
4. "Fabien Gabel übernimmt 2025" (Press release). Tonkünstler Orchestra. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
5. "Neuer Chefdirigent des Tonkünstler-Orchesters" (Press release). KD Schmid. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
6. "Donatella Flick Conducting Competition | Winners". Retrieved 2020-04-20.

External links

• Official website of Fabien Gabel
• KD Schmid agency English-language page on Fabien Gabel
• Opus 3 Artists agency page on Fabien Gabel

• French male conductors (music)
• 1975 births
• Musicians from Paris
• Living people
• 21st-century French conductors (music)
• 21st-century French male musicians