Gaia Gaibazzi

Gaia Gaibazzi graduated with distinction from the Conservatorio "Niccolò Paganini" in Genoa and holds dual Master's degrees in Music Performance and Music Pedagogy from the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste.

There, she studied clarinet together with Prof. Fabio Di Casola and specialized in bass clarinet with Prof. Bernhard Röthlisberger and Filipa Nunes. She is pursuing advanced studies with Maestro Calogero Palermo.
Gaia is an accomplished clarinetist and bass clarinetist, performing across Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and the UK. She has collaborated with orchestras such as the Giraud Ensemble, Orchestra Filarmonica Calamani, Arc-en-Ciel Ensemble, Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, and the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana. Gaia has performed under renowned conductors, including Riccardo Muti, Wayne Marshall, Dennis Russell Davies, Pierre-André Valade, Marc Kissóczy and Yuri Simonov.
Her performances have graced prestigious venues across Europe, including Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Philharmonie de Paris, Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Tonhalle Zürich, Casa da Música in Porto, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, and Teatro dal Verme in Milan.
Gaia has appeared in major festivals, including the Malta International Music Festival, Lerici Music Festival, Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival, Alexander Arutiunian International Wind Festival in Yerevan, FIMU de Belfort and Zurich International Saxfest. She is also devoted to chamber music and has performed in leading concert series such as Schlossmediale Werdenberg, Lange Nacht der Musik Zürich and Die Tage für Neue Musik Zürich.
In 2019, she performed at the Prèlude Konzert series in Tonhalle Zürich and, that same year, her CD with the Giraud Ensemble was released under the Solo Musica label in collaboration with Sony Music.
Gaia has been awarded several prestigious prizes, including first place in the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Competition for Contemporary Music, the Klang & Gloria Competition in Zurich and the Concorso di Musica G. Ratto.
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