Maayan Gabel

Maayan Gabel

Violist Maayan Gabel, born in Israel in 1998, currently studies at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia in the class of Professor Nobuko Imai. He was granted a scholarship by Fundación Albéniz for his studies at the school.
Maayan previously studied in the class of Dr. Lilach Levanon at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music (B.Mus. Cum Laude and M.Mus. Summa Cum Laude). His thesis topic was Reception, Absorption, and Domestication in the Music of Tōru Takemitsu, instructed by Dr. Ofer Gazit. Maayan was the violist of the BMSOM representative Gertler Quartet and the leader of the viola section of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Symphony Orchestra in concerts in Israel and abroad. In 2019, he received a 'Certificate of Honor' for his activity in the school's orchestra.
During the 2021-22 season, Maayan played in the viola section of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is a graduate of the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts and the David Goldman Program for Outstanding Young Musicians of the Jerusalem Music Center, where he led the viola section of the Young Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Maayan performed solo with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, and the Thelma-Yellin Symphony Orchestra.
He participated in masterclasses with Lawrence Power, Tabea Zimmermann, Hartmut Rohde, Tatjana Masurenko, Miguel de Silva, Roland Glassel, Veit Hertenstein, and others. As a chamber musician, Maayan has collaborated with renowned figures in the classical music world, including Jens Peter Maintz, Philippe Pierlot, Vadim Gluzman, Kati Debretzeni, Qian Zhou, Hilel Zori, and Hagai Shaham.
Maayan was a member of the Perlman Music Program for young talented musicians and participated in the Keshet Eilon international summer masterclass course (2016-2018). In 2019, Maayan participated in the Carl Flesch Akademie festival and received an excellent scholarship for his playing. In February 2021, he participated in the Triple Viola Masterclass, and in September 2021, in the Tenerife Viola Masterclasses. In the summer of 2023, Maayan took part in the Santander Encuentro Festival and the Musique à Flaine Festival.
Maayan is a recipient of America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) scholarships since 2013 and has won the Audience's Favorite Award at the 2020 Aviv Competition. In 2020, Maayan received excellence scholarships from the Ben-Bassat Foundation and the Yehoshua and Margrit Lakner Foundation. He won the 2021 chamber competition of the BMSOM.