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Gal Faganel is a versatile award-winning cello performer, an acclaimed teacher, and a recording artist. He has performed extensively as a soloist and a chamber musician throughout the United States and in Europe. His performances and recordings have been praised in the press for “exceptionally sensitive interpretation,” his “powerful and beautiful tone,” and “brilliant virtuosity and youthful vigor.” He is a winner of numerous national and international competitions including the International Cello Competition “Antonio Janigro” in Croatia, the American String Teacher’s Association Competition, and the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition in the United States. Faganel has been researching, cataloging, performing, and recording music for cello by Slovenian composers. He has recorded for many labels and radio stations internationally and has commissioned new works as a cellist of the Colorado Piano Trio. With a doctorate from the University of Southern California under the mentorship of Eleonore Schoenfeld, he was previously the principal cellist of the Phoenix Symphony. Faganel is now professor of cello at the University of Ljubljana Academy of Music and appears as a guest at institutions around the world. His previous teaching appointments include University of Northern Colorado, University of North Texas, Scottsdale Community College, and the University of Sothern California. In addition to being a devoted cello pedagogue, Faganel loves coaching chamber music, frequently trains musicians in preparation for orchestral auditions, and mentors developing musicians.

Gal Faganel je mednarodno uveljavljen in nagrajen violončelist ter iskan pedagog. Po doktoratu pod mentorstvom Eleonore Schoenfeld na univerzi University of Southern California v Los Angelesu je do 2010 je nastopal kot violončelist solist v orkestru Phoenix Symphony. Za tem je deset let, nazadnje kot redni profesor violončela in predstojnik oddelka za godala, poučeval na University of Northern Colorado in bil gost številnih ustanov po svetu. Poučeval je tudi na University of Southern California, Scottsdale Community College in na University of North Texas. Zdaj je profesor violončela na Akademiji za glasbo Univerze v Ljubljani. Faganelovi študenti so uspešni na tekmovanjih in na orkestrskih avdicijah ter delujejo kot izvajalci in učitelji glasbe. Poleg pedagoške predanosti violončelu Faganel uživa v poučevanju komorne glasbe, pogosto pripravlja študente na avdicije, je mentor mladim glasbenikom in vodi karierna izobraževanja in delavnice. Faganel nastopa in snema kot solist in komorni glasbenik v ZDA, Evropi in Aziji z vrhunskimi glasbeniki tudi v najuglednejših dvoranah. Je violončelist ansambla Colorado Piano Trio s katerim pogosto izvaja in snema tudi novo glasbo. Faganel se posebej posveča slovenski glasbi za violončelo. Snemal je za mnogo radijskih hiš in založb po svetu. Kritiki Faganela opisujejo kot »violončelista z veliko topline, občutljivega za melodijo, liriko in spevnost«, hvalijo njegov »močan in lep ton,« »izjemno občutljivo interpretacijo« ter »briljantno virtuoznost in mladostno moč«.