Gabriel Newsham

Gabriel Newsham began studying piano at the age of twelve. For six years, he studied with Karl Koesterer, after which he was admitted to the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, where he graduated in 2018 in the studio of Amy Dorfman. In 2019, he moved to France to earn the Diplôme d’Études Musicales in piano and accompaniment, studying with Chantal Lamarre and Brigitte Gonin-Chanut. In 2024, he obtained his Master’s degree in the class of Brenno Ambrosini at the Conservatorio Superior de Castilla y León.

Over three consecutive summers (2017–2019), he attended the EAMA program, studying harmony, counterpoint, and chamber music. During his studies, he participated in courses and masterclasses with pianists such as Donna Lee, Sandra Shen, John Kimura Parker, Andrea Lam, Émile Naoumoff, and Claire Désert.

He has collaborated with artists including Reginald Smith Jr., Laurent Pillot, Abenauara Graffigna, and María Espada. His performances have been broadcast on Radio Clásica in Spain as part of the program Andante con moto. During the 2024–2025 academic year, he will be an artist-in-residence at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris as a recipient of the Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship.