- Neue Zürcher Zeitung, January 2004
Born of Russian-French parents in Cordoba, Argentina, in 1981 the charismatic cellist Sol Gabetta is forging an impressive career; she has a recording contract with SonyBMG, is the Director of her own festival, and has invitations from important orchestras all over the world. In 2004 Sol Gabetta was awarded the prestigious Credit Suisse Young Artist Award, which was celebrated by a concert with the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Valery Gergiev performing Shostakovich at the 2004 Lucerne Festival.
Winner of the 2007 Echo Klassik Award and a 2007 Grammy Award nominee, Sol Gabetta has worked this season with orchestras such as Munich Philharmonic, Washington National Symphony Orchestra and on tour with the Basel Chamber Orchestra. Recitals have led her to many major venues and festival in Europe and Asia, amongst them Vienna Musikverein, Luxembourg Philharmonie and the Louvre in Paris.