Cellist Gabriel Schwabe has been a fast-rising star of his instrument, earning critical comparisons to such greats of the past as Emanuel Feuermann. In a competition named for Feuermann, a Schwabe win touched off the young player's impressive run of contest victories. In 2015, Schwabe released a Brahms recital with pianist Nicholas Rimmer. A 2017 album devoted to the complete works for cello and orchestra of Camille Saint-Saëns won critical praise. In 2020, he joined violinist Hellen Weiß (to whom he is married) on an album of works by Kodály and Ligeti. He released the album Elgar, Bridge: Cello Concertos on Naxos in 2021 with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.