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Gabriella Jones
“one of the most exciting young musicians to emerge on the concert scene in recent years”
"Your performance of Awuya was fantastic - I had never heard it played with so much intensity contrasting with great sensitivity. It was extremely moving."
Solo - String
Instrumentation
- Gabriella Jones - Harp
Repertoire
Amy Beach Dreaming from Four Sketches Opus 15
Sally Beamish 1998 Awuya
Benjamin Britten Suite for Harp Opus 83
Claude Debussy Images Oubliées: Lent Doux et Melacolique
Gabriel Faure Impromptu Opus 86
Marcel Grandjany Rhapsodie Pour La Harpe
Franz Liszt Liebesträume No.3 S.541
Caroline Lizotte 2008 La Madone Opus 43
Caroline Lizotte 2000 Suite Galactique
Camille Pepin 2018 Nighthawkes
Giacomo Puccini Fantasy on Themes from La Boheme
Henriette Renie Deuxième Ballade
Segei Rachmaninov Prelude No. 4 in D major Opus. 23
Jean-Phillipe Rameau Les Boreades
Alexander Thomas 2021 One, Five Seven
Marcel Tournier Pastels de Vieux Japon
Judith Weir 2016 Fragile
Biography
Gabriella Jones, an award-winning harpist has built a reputation as a concert harpist across the United Kingdom. Her performances in prestigious concert halls and venues captivate audiences with a diverse repertoire, showcasing the voice of the harp. Gabriella actively collaborates with prominent British composers, making valuable contributions to the vibrant and ever-evolving music scene.
As a Park Lane Group Young Artist 2018-20 Gabriella made her Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre solo debut. From 2020 Gabriella will be a Selected Artist for Making Music UK. Winner of the City Livery Club Music Prize 2018, John Marson Harp Prize 2017/18 and Finalist at the Camac International Harp Competition 2019. Gabriella made her solo debut at St-Martin-in-the-Fields during her Master's degree and went on the perform critically acclaimed recitals including those at Winchester Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.
Gabriella is gaining recognition for her imaginative and innovative transcriptions of piano works. Through her creative interpretations of compositions by renowned composers, she adds diversity, colour, and meaning to her repertoire, extending beyond harp music. This allows her to offer captivating recital programs that showcase a wide range of musical styles and bring new dimensions to the audience's experience.
Gabriella has a passion for the role of the harp within the contemporary music space and the future of the instrument on the concert platform. These interests and support of new music have led her to work with internationally distinguished composers. Gabriella recently premiered an adaptation of Fragile by Master of the King’s Music Judith Weir CBE, at The National Musicians’ Church, London. In 2019 Deborah Pritchard was commissioned by the Park Lane Group and Ralph Vaughn Williams Trust to commission a work for the South Bank Centre SoundState Festival for Gabriella, which was performed in the presence of the late Sir Harrison Birtwistle.
Gabriella tries to combine music outreach with her recital appearances, aiming to engage communities that may not have experienced classical music. She values how her music education fuelled her passion and paved her career path. She is grateful for the support from Help Musicians UK, The Laura Ashley Foundation, The Leverhulme Trust, and Trinity College London, which made completing her studies possible.
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