Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gabriel Delgado graduated from the conservatories of Cordoba and Granada and completed postgraduate studies at Louisiana State University (USA) with Dennis Parker (cello) and Michael Butterman (conductor) orchestra), where he obtained a master's degree in music (1996) and a doctorate in musical arts (2002).

As a conductor, he perfected his skills with maestros James Paul, Arturo Tamayo, Jesús López Cobos, Manuel Hernández Silva and Colin Metters and was a finalist in the conducting competitions of the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (JONDE, 2000) and the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada (OCG, 2005).

Gabriel has extensive experience in programming lyrical, dance, symphonic and educational concerts; it is worth mentioning his performances at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid with a symphonic-choral monograph dedicated to WA Mozart. Mozart; concerts at the Palau de la Música in Valencia and at the Auditorium in Zaragoza; world premieres such as the symphonic suite of Saint Thérèse de Jesús "El castillo interior" by composer José Nieto or those jointly sponsored by the University of Granada and the Manuel de Falla archives: "El amor brujo" (dance-theater), "El retablo de Maese Pedro "and" El corregidor y la molinera "(both with audiovisual support). Collaborations with La Fura dels Baus in the framework of the Úbeda International Music and Dance Festival in Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" or those with the award-winning puppet company Etcétera in shows such as "Pedro y el lobo" by S. Prokofiev and "Sastrecillo valiente" by T. Harsányi were equally successful. Finally, we must mention his successful work in the complete production of the opera L'Elisir d'amore by G. Donizetti as part of an important bet from the University of Granada for musical training linked to the lyrical genre.

As a guest conductor, he has notably conducted the Louisiana State University Symphony Orchestra (United States), the Cottbus State Theater Philharmonic Orchestra (Germany), as well as the Mad4strings Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia, the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, the Orquesta de Extremadura and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga (Spain). He has toured in China (2013/2014), France (2007 and 2010), Italy (2012), Morocco (2010) and is regularly invited by the Granada International Music and Dance Festival Extension (FEX) since 2008 .

Among his recordings stand out: "José Nieto-75th anniversary", with the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Granada - JOSG and the University of Granada Orchestra - OUGR (CD-SAIMEL 2017); José Nieto's ballet "Aziz's Dream" with the Mad4strings orchestra premiered with great success in Bahrain (UAE); the world premiere of the Concierto de La Herradura for guitar and orchestra by the Hispano-Cuban composer Eduardo Morales-Caso, with the concertist Mª Esther Guzmán and the OUGR (CD-VERSO 2013); CDs by other current composers such as J. González Granero, V. Miserachs and N. García-Carril, with the brass quintet Proemium and the OUGR (CD-AMBAR 2015); or the lyric gala recorded live on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Granada composer Francisco Alonso (1887-1948), with the Joven Orquesta Sinfónica de Granada (JOSG), which achieved remarkable success (CD-JOSG 2012).

In the educational field, Gabriel was conductor of the orchestras of the Conservatorio Profesional "Francisco Guerrero" in Seville, the Conservatorio Profesional "Ángel Barrios" and the Conservatorio Superior "Victoria Eugenia", both in Granada. Since 2005 and for thirteen seasons he has been artistic and musical director of the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Granada (JOSG), with which he has developed an exceptional didactic and informative work of symphonic music. From 2011 to today he has taught cello and orchestra in the Da Capo summer courses in Víznar (Granada) and for four editions (2013-2016) of a "Conducting course" of great fame.

Without abandoning the educational facet, he conducted the Manuel de Falla International Course Orchestra of the Granada International Music and Dance Festival during the 2013 to 2016 editions; he was professor of the first edition of the Master in Orchestral Interpretation offered by the Academy of Orchestral Studies of the Barenboim-Said Foundation and the International University of Andalusia (Seville), and currently and since its foundation in 2007, he is the musical and artistic director of the Orchestra of the University of Granada (OUGR).

As a cellist, Gabriel has developed a great activity of chamber music and has worked in professional orchestras such as the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra (USA) or in the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga and the Orquesta de Córdoba in Spain, among others. He has given recitals in the United States, Spain and, as part of the international exchange program Comenius, in Finland. Since 1999 he has been teaching cello in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia.

Website: www.gabrieldelgado.es