GABRIEL BLASBERG
clarinetist
Biography
He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Coming from a family of musicians, he began his career at the age of 9 when he joined the Children's Choir of the Teatro Colón and began to study music at home, with his mother and sisters. He completed his formal studies at the National Conservatory of Music "Carlos López Buchardo" graduating in 1989 as Music Superior Professor specializing in Clarinet in the chair of Mtro. Mariano Frogioni, as the best average of his promotion. He completed his training with the Mtro. Luis Rossi and several advanced courses and masterclasses.
He was a scholarship holder of the Antorchas Foundation (between 1989 and 1991 to do advanced studies in the country) and of Camping Musical Bariloche, taking courses in Musical Interpretation with the Modern Ensemble (Germany), the Mtros. Nicolás Chumachenco (Poland), Alberto Lysy and the Argentine Mozarteum Wind Quintet, among other teachers, as well as musical analysis and history of music.
At the age of 14, he joined his first symphonic orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Argentine Catholic University, and later was a member of many others, such as the Latin American Orchestra of Musical Youth (Uruguay in 1985 and Colombia in 1990), Symphonyc Orchestra of Avellaneda, National Radio Youth Symphonic Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina. In 1991 he participated in the first Spanish tour by the National Symphonic Orchestra and was invited to play with the CIDESIN Symphonic Band of San José, Costa Rica as principal clarinet. In 1989, he joined the Buenos Aires Symphonic Band, where from 2016 to the present he holds the position of solo clarinet.
As a soloist, he performed in important venues in Buenos Aires (Centro Cultural Kirchner, Usina del Arte, Salón Dorado del Teatro Colón, Congreso de la Nación, Legislatura de Buenos Aires, Teatro Gran Rivadavia, Facultad de Derecho, etc.) and in the interior of the country, and in live radio and TV shows. As a chamber musician, he has developed extensive activity in the most diverse instrumental combinations, also premiering numerous works by contemporary composers from Argentina.
In recent years he has performed as a soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of the National Congress, the Buenos Aires Symphonic Band, the Mar del Plata Symphonic Band, the Vientos del Sur Symphonic Band, the Clarinet Ensemble of the Province of Buenos Aires, the Symphonic Orchestra of Pilar and the Symphonic Orchestra of San Isidro.
He was awarded in musical competitions, such as the Coca-Cola in Arts and Sciences Contest (1988), V Banco Mayo Foundation Argentine Music Contest (1989) and III Buenos Aires International Music Contest ( year 1999), the latter in the Chamber Music category.
For more than thirty years he has dedicated himself to teaching, giving classes in clarinet and group courses in chamber music to musicians of all instruments.
Between 2001 and 2010, he created and edited the electronic classical music newsletter Claves Musicales (Musical Keys), distributed via e-mail, which reached a community of readers of more than 20,000 subscribers from all over the world. This publication got the declaration "of Cultural Interest" from the Secretary of Culture of the Argentine Nation and the Secretary of Culture of Buenos Aires City.
In the field of popular music, he joined the group Vai Passar dedicated to Brazilian music, recording a disc in 2016 (it can be heard at this Spotify link ).
Nowadays, he’s the Country Chair for Argentina in the International Clarinet Association (ICA) and is member of the team of the Clariperu Latin America association.
He is a Gonzalez Reeds artist.