Elena Gabbrielli, born in Arezzo (Italy), completed her musical and philosophical studies in Venice, studying at the Conservatory of Music “Benedetto Marcello” and at the University “Ca ́Foscari”. Other notable teachers for her musical formation have been Chiara Tonelli, Patrick Gallois and Pier Narciso Masi. In addition to the study of the classical flute repertoire, she has developed a special interest for new music and she has completed the Master PPCM at the University of performing Arts in Graz under the guidance of Klangforum Wien.
Nowadays Elena lives in Vienna and plays as a soloist, chamber and ensemble musician – mostly focusing on contemporary music – in collaboration with Klangforum Wien, PHACE, der/gelbe/klang, platypus ensemble, The Black Page Orchestra, Schallfeld, mdi ensemble, Repertorio Zero and others. Her concert activities as a chamber musician and soloist include performances at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Salzburger Festspiele, Wien Modern, musikprotokoll Graz, Mozarteum Stiftung, Ravenna Festival, Festival dei due Mondi Spoleto, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Opéra Comédie Montpellier, Opéra de Dijon, Vancouver New Music, Shanghai Spring Music Festival, Sonemus Fest Sarajevo, GAIDA Vilnius, Archipel Festival Genève.
She has worked with leading conductors Emilio Pomàrico, Sylvain Cambreling, Pierre-André Valade, Marco Angius, Ilan Volkov, and composers George Friedrich Haas, Tristan Murail, Raphaël Cendo, Rebecca Saunders, Philippe Leroux, Pierluigi Billone, Mathias Spahlinger, Beat Furrer. Radio recordings with ORF, SWR, BR Klassik, RAI-Radio 3, RTS-Espace 2.
She has given masterclasses for composers and instrumentalists in academic institutions such as Tiroler Landeskonservatorium – Innsbruck, Anadolu Üniversitesi – Eskişehir, Bilkent University – Ankara, State Tchaikovsky Conservatory – Moscow, Royal Music Academy – Aarhus, Academy of Music and Drama – Gothenburg. In 2022 she was a guest lecturer for contemporary music (performance practice) at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. From 2023 she holds a lectureship for contemporary flute and chamber music at the University of Music and performing Arts in Vienna.
She is a member of ensemble xxi. jahrhundert and ensemble Zeitfluss. With the quartet airborne extended she devotes herself to contemporary chamber music in the unusual instrumentation of flute, harp, recorder/paetzold and harpsichord.
Elena has received scholarships for her work in the field of contemporary music, most recently the MiBACT scholarship of the Italian Ministry of Culture and the START scholarship of the Austrian Federal Chancellery.