Gabriel Cabezas, Cello

Biography

“An intense player who connects to music naturally, without artifice, and brings a singing line to the cello” (The Oregonian), Gabriel Cabezas is one of America's most sought after young musicians. Combining a superb technique, intellectual curiosity and a pioneering musical spirit, Cabezas is at home in front of an orchestra, performing with a singer-songwriter, or sharing the stage with a dance troupe.

In 2014/15 Mr. Cabezas tours as part of New York's yMusic; collaborates again with the musicians of the Marlboro Festival; tours Japan with violist Nobuko Imai; performs with Philadelphia's Dolce Suono Ensemble; and plays with Edgar Meyer and the San Francisco-based LINES Ballet. He has appeared as soloist with America's finest orchestras, including those of Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Los Angeles, Detroit and Pittsburgh. This season he performs with the Amarillo Symphony, Decatur Symphony and Grant Park Orchestra.

Gabriel Cabezas studied at the Curtis Institute of Music with Carter Brey, and is a winner of the 2014 Astral Artists National Auditions, joining their roster of musicians this season. He is involved with Midori’s Partners in Performance, the Sphinx Organization and Chicago’s Citizen Musician movement.