Cellist Sol Gabetta has been named the winner of the 2012 Würth
Prize. Worth €10,000, the award is given annually to musicians and
ensembles considered to be role models for encouraging young
people’s interest in classical music. It is organised by the German
branch of the Jeunesses Musicales international youth music
organisation.
Gabetta, 31, will receive the award at a ceremony on 24 July, which
will mark the opening of the annual Jeunesses Musicales
international conference. Previous winners of the award have
included viola player Tabea Zimmermann (1999), the Ensemble
Resonanz string orchestra (2002) and the Artemis Quartet
(2007).
Born in Argentina, Gabetta is now based in Switzerland, where she
teaches at the Basel Music Academy. She has run the Solsberg
chamber music festival since 2005. With her brother Andrés she
founded the Cappella Gabetta chamber ensemble in 2010. She talks
about this ensemble and other endeavours in the August 2012 edition
of The Strad.
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