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Following her reunion last year with the New York Philharmonic and Jakub Hrůša for a guest appearance at the Bravo! Vail Festival in Colorado, as well as the release of her historically inspired recording project paying tribute to the pioneering cellist Lise Cristiani, Sol Gabetta’s 2026/27 season is defined by two major London residencies. As Artist-in-Residence with the Philharmonia Orchestra, she appears in prominent concerts at the Royal Festival Hall under Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Tugan Sokhiev, and joins the orchestra’s musicians for a chamber programme centred on works by Haydn. In parallel, as Focus Artist at Wigmore Hall, Gabetta brings several of her hallmark chamber music projects to the British capital, including recitals with pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, violist Timothy Ridout and violinist Hana Chang, as well as a trio programme with Veronika Eberle and Beatrice Rana.
Asia forms another significant focus of the season, with Gabetta appearing alongside her friend and long-standing stage partner Patricia Kopatchinskaja in Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Her orchestral engagements take her to the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra with Giovanni Antonini, the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Klaus Mäkelä, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig with Petr Popelka, the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington with Gianandrea Noseda, Staatskapelle Berlin, the Bamberg Symphony and the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, among others. She also embarks on major tours with Les Siècles across Central Europe and with Kammerorchester Basel in Spain, once again appearing with Giovanni Antonini.
A sought-after guest at leading festivals, Sol Gabetta was Artiste étoile at Lucerne Festival where she appeared with Wiener Philharmoniker and Franz Welser-Möst, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Francois-Xavier Roth and the London Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Marin Alsop. She continues drawing inspiration from a wide circle of collaborators and musical encounters at the Solsberg Festival, which flourishes under her committed artistic direction. Chamber music remains central to Gabetta’s work. She appears regularly with Isabelle Faust, Bertrand Chamayou, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Alexander Melnikov and Francesco Piemontesi. Her performances have led her to Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, Lucerne, Verbier, Salzburg, Schwetzingen, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Beethovenfest Bonn.
In recognition of her exceptional artistic achievements, vision, and creativity, which have made a significant contribution to Europe’s cultural life, Sol Gabetta was honored with the European Culture Prize in 2022. She also received the Herbert von Karajan Prize at the Salzburg Easter Festival in 2018 where she appeared as soloist with the Staatskapelle Dresden and Christian Thielemann. In 2019 she was awarded the first OPUS Klassik Award as Instrumentalist of the Year for her interpretation of Schumann’s Cello Concerto. The ECHO Klassik award saluted her accomplishment biennially between 2007 and 2013, and in 2016. A Grammy Award nominee, she also received the Gramophone Young Artist of the Year Award in 2010 and the Würth-Preis of the Jeunesses Musicales in 2012 as well as commendations at Moscow's Tchaikovsky Competition and the ARD International Music Competition in Munich.
She continues to build her extensive discography with SONY Classical, the most recent releases being a recording of late Schumann works and a live recording of the cello concertos by Elgar and Martinů with Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle / Krzysztof Urbański. In 2017, Gabetta joined forces with Cecilia Bartoli on a tour throughout Europe showcasing their album Dolce Duello, released on Decca Classics.
Sol Gabetta performs on several Italian master instruments from the early 18th century, including a cello by Matteo Goffriller from 1730, Venice, provided to her by Atelier Cels Paris. She has been teaching at the Basel Music Academy since 2005.
