Gabriella Dall'Olio |
30-31.03.2025

Born in Bologna, Italy, Gabriella has inspired audiences throughout Europe and the Middle East with solo recitals and chamber music concerts for the past three decades. After training in Italy, France (with a generous CROUS government scholarship) and Germany (with an even more generous DAAD Scholarship with world renowned professors and pedagogues, including Pierre Jamet, Fabrice Pierre, Jacqueline Borot, Giselle Herbert and Anna Loro, Gabriella has earned recognition and won prizes in national and international competitions and has been supported by the Swiss fund Junge Kunstler.

She has recorded for international radio and television corporations, including BBC, Radio France, RAI, Bayerischer Rundfunk and Radio Suisse. She has appeared regularly with Hebrides, Red Note, Uroboros, Gruppo Musica Insieme di Cremona, Wiener Virtuosen and with the German ensemble Kontraste, playing hundreds of premieres and works by twentieth- century and contemporary composers.
Gabriella settled in London in 1995 and it has been her home since. Orchestras she worked with include the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; abroad she has played regularly with Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Berliner Philharmonikern and Wiener Philharmonikern, Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, SWR Symphonie Orchester and countless others, under the batons of the mighty and great conductors such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mariss Jansons, Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Lorin Mazel, Sergei Osawa, Bernard Haitink and countless others.
Gabriella has also enjoyed working also in the pop world with Tina Turner, Sting, Phil Collins, UK champion Beatboxer FaithSFX, Kazabian, Elton John and the Petshopboys, and recording for film tracks and jingles.
Alongside her busy performing career, Gabriella is deeply committed to teaching and developing the careers of young harpists: she works with passion and dedication at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, UK, where she is Head of Harp Studies since her appointment in 2005; her students cover important posts as teachers and performers around the world, and she has received a Professorship in 2018 in recognition of her achievements.