Fabien Gabel

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.^[1] Gabel won the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition in November 2004,^[2] 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.^[3] Gabel served as music director of the Orchestre Français des Jeunes, initially for the period from 2017 to 2018,^[1] and subsequently continuing through 2020. 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.^[4][5]

• "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 Concerto No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 5; Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, piano; BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Martyn Brabbins & Fabien Gabel (Aparté, 2015)

• 1st prize for Trumpet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (1996)
• Winner of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition (2004)^[6]
• The 'Académie Charles Cros' award 2011 (Naïve recording)