Henri Rabaud’s Solo de Concours for clarinet and piano, Op. 10, was composed in 1901 for clarinetist Charles Turban, a professor at the Paris Conservatoire. Like all pièces de concours (competition pieces), it was written to assess the technical and expressive mastery of students preparing for graduation. The work was selected for several editions of the Conservatoire’s annual competition (in 1908, 1915, 1925, and 1937), a testament to its popularity and pedagogical value.

One morning in September 2024, I received a WhatsApp message from the composer Esteban D'Antona saying: "Hi Gabriel, I've just finished composing a piece for solo clarinet and orchestra. It's a suite in four movements (Cha-cha-cha, Bolero, Guajira, and Salsa). I'm sending you the score and a digital recording for you to review. If you like it, I'd like you to premiere it with the orchestra."

Composed in 1943 by the English composer John Ireland (1872–1962), the Fantasy-Sonata is regarded as one of the twentieth century’s masterpieces of the English clarinet repertoire, and also as Ireland’s most significant chamber work.

I first heard Hindemith's Sonata for clarinet and piano on the album "20th Century Classics for Clarinet and Piano",

Two months ago, in March 2023, my colleague and great Peruvian clarinetist Marco Antonio Mazzini showed me his latest video, where he played a piece for alto clarinet and piano that I had never heard before. It was Ordner Seg—also known in English as “It’ll Be Alright”—composed by the Norwegian tuba virtuoso Øystein Baadsvik.The original version of Ordner Seg is written for tuba and piano, and in his video Marco used the excellent backing track recorded by pianist Rena Hashim

On March 18, 2023, I had the pleasure of performing the beautiful Theme from "Schindler's List" for clarinet and symphonic band,