Gal Faganel, cello
Gal Faganel
Faganel is an acclaimed cello performer, teacher, coach, and recording artist. As a performer, he is frequently heard in recital, in chamber music concerts, and as a soloist with orchestras throughout North America and Europe. He is the founder and artistic director of the Arizona Chamber Orchestra, a conductor-less ensemble founded in 2009. Until 2010 he served as the acting principal cellist of the Phoenix Symphony. As a member of the Tetraktys String Quartet, he toured in the United States and Europe. He has also performed extensively with various other chamber ensembles, particularly his favorite, the string trio. In 2006, he began researching, cataloging, performing, and recording music for cello by Slovenian composers. He has completed two of the five planned CDs published by Astrum.
Faganel is currently an assistant professor at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where he teaches cello and coaches chamber music. Previously, he taught at Scottsdale Community College and the University of Southern California. He regularly conducts master classes and teaches at summer music programs in the United States and Europe.
Faganel grew up in a musical family and when he was eight years old he began studying cello in his native Slovenia. At age 13, he won his first competition. In addition to winning seven other international competitions, he was named “Young Musician of the Year“ in Slovenia in 1997. He studied at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, earning a Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
Faganel is an acclaimed cello performer, teacher, coach, and recording artist. As a performer, he is frequently heard in recital, in chamber music concerts, and as a soloist with orchestras throughout North America and Europe. He is the founder and artistic director of the Arizona Chamber Orchestra, a conductor-less ensemble founded in 2009. Until 2010 he served as the acting principal cellist of the Phoenix Symphony. As a member of the Tetraktys String Quartet, he toured in the United States and Europe. He has also performed extensively with various other chamber ensembles, particularly his favorite, the string trio. In 2006, he began researching, cataloging, performing, and recording music for cello by Slovenian composers. He has completed two of the five planned CDs published by Astrum.
Faganel is currently an assistant professor at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where he teaches cello and coaches chamber music. Previously, he taught at Scottsdale Community College and the University of Southern California. He regularly conducts master classes and teaches at summer music programs in the United States and Europe.
Faganel grew up in a musical family and when he was eight years old he began studying cello in his native Slovenia. At age 13, he won his first competition. In addition to winning seven other international competitions, he was named “Young Musician of the Year“ in Slovenia in 1997. He studied at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, earning a Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
