2026
Really looking forward to my debut in Barcelona on the 15th March with the Morphosis Ensemble…
My latest single, ‘D-infurence’ was released on the Nonclassical label on the 23rd January…
My Saxophone Concerto had its European Premiere on the 10th February at the Theatre Ulm in Germany…
2025
I’ll be performing a set with violinist Herman Ringer at this year’s up close and musical Festival, on 5th November at the Fidelio Cafe in London.
Very pleased to announce I’ve signed a double publishing deal with wise music: Chester Music for all my classical works, and Campbell Conelly & Co. Ltd for all electronic, dance, remixes, and pop.
I performed alongside renowned pianist Lukas Geniušas at the GAIDA Festival in Lithuania on 28th October.
My Viola Concerto was performed twice in October by violist and conductor Maxim Rysanov the Phion Orkest…
My latest album, Dark Lights, has just been released on Nonclassical - my first full album released on the label in over a decade…
Next Sunday 7th September I’m running in The BIG HALF, a half-marathon that follows part of the route of the London Marathon (from Tower Bridge to Greenwich). I’m running for a small but very special charity…
Had such a fun & inspiring time at the Shambala Festival. If you haven’t been, I really recommend it. Such a creative and warm atmosphere - with a super diverse range of music from all parts of the planet.
A highlight this summer has been my debut concert in Bulgaria, at the RADAR festival; a brilliant showcase of different and fresh approaches to electronic music.
I’ll be joined by violinist Herman Ringer on Wednesday 18th June to perform at the first ever Hackney Art Week…
Really looking forward to hearing world renowned pianist Olli Mustonen premiere my new suite of solo piano pieces taken from my recent Bach-inspired ballet: ‘The Obstruction of Lightness of Thought’.
I’m heading to Vienna in March for a 1 week residency at the MUK University, I will work with the students to prepare a concert of my recent chamber works, in which I‘ll perform electronics, and the ensemble will be conducted by Roland Freisitzer.
Sampling pioneer Matthew Herbert’s remix of my own track ‘Six Hesit Heist’ is OUT NOW as a single on Bandcamp, and streaming on all digital platforms.
2024
Very excited for the UK debut of my newly formed GBRL PRKFV Ensemble on 24th November at the 2024 EFG London Jazz Festival…
HUGE thank you to everyone involved in Saturday’s ‘nonclassical X LSO’ gig. A beautiful & unforgettable way to celebrate our 20th birthday.
Nonclassical is celebrating its 20th Birthday on 26th October with its biggest event yet…
Proud to have shared the stage with the phenomenal Lukas Geniušas in the historic Sala dei Giganti in Padova…
Not to be missed this Friday 12th July - a unique night of Live Contemporary Percussion & Abstract Electronic Dance Music…
Excited to announce ‘Penombra’ - my first ever interactive installation work. Currently on show at the Royal College of Art, Battersea.
Just back from one of the most exciting orchestral gigs I’ve ever performed in, at the incredible Toradze International Music Festival…
A rare duo show from world renown Serbian Violist: Saša Mirković and Hackney-based Electronic classical composer: Gabriel Prokofiev, presenting an intimate pop-up performance in the Hackney furniture, design (and wine) boutique: Mad Atelier.
So happy to be back performing with Jonghwa Park (Piano) & Yoonjeong Heo (Geomungo) for our unusual trio: Project ‘tHinG’. Intense rehearsing last few days at the Korean Culture Centre in Paris…
My collaborative project with choreographer Andris Plucis will be commencing this year, with our premiere performances at the Eisenach Theatre on 30th & 31st March. Written for the Thuringia Bach Festival and the Eisenach Theatre, the ballet combines chamber orchestra, piano, and electronics to offer a contemporary response to the sonic world of Bach, subtitled ‘The Obstruction of Lightness of Thought'.
NEW Album Alert! - After a tour in Switzerland, gigs at COP26 in Glasgow, and in London: Pastoral 21 the album is finally out on Signum Records. In short, it’s a contemporary exploration on what the concept of ‘Pastoral’ means to us in this time of climate crisis.
Very excited to be debuting my brand new group: The Gabriel Prokofiev Ensemble (GBRL PRKFV ENS) at two gigs this weekend…
2023
I’m thrilled to be back in Belgrade to perform at the closing concert of this year’s MetaWorld Contemporary Art Festival in Belgrade on Friday 15th December. I will be performing a live set with the Metamorphosis Ensemble and Fashion Designer Dragana Ognjenović.
Really looking forward to being part of the new 'The Social Canvas' project - which brings together political discussion and music. I'll be performing HOWL! live alongside clarinettist Nikolai Yaushev. Then I'll take part in the panel discussion on Art Politics in light of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Honoured that my composition 'Strange Blooms' will be opening the final concert of the 'Prix Annelie de Man' festival in Amsterdam this Sunday 3rd Dec. The brilliant Jane Chapman will be performing live harpsichord alongside my electroacoustic re-composition of her performing 'La Complaignant'
WORLD PREMIER ALERT – This Thursday 30th Nov my new work 'Goya Images: 'Yo Sólo Veo Luces y Sombras' will be premiered as a part of my 2023 collaborations with La Fil. It's inspired by the paintings & engravings of Goya's late period - the darkness, personal criticism, humour & sadness...
LONDON GIG ALERT... Friday 3rd Nov 2023. - Just added an important Fund-raising concert to my schedule, joining 4 other talented musicians from Ukraine & Russia performing MUSIC for PEACE - something we should do whenever we can…
Great to be coming back to Lisbon for the first time in 10 years, and the first time I'm performing live electronics with strings here…
#ThrowbackThursday - Back in February this year I went to the FAME Institute in Skopje, North Macedonia, one of the newest and most progressive orchestral recording studios in Europe (and in constant use recording international films scores)…
Memories of the intense & very special recent collaboration in Korea still strong… Sending much love & gratitude to the PROJECT tHinG team for conceiving of this project, and then inviting me to be part of the it…
Excited to announce a new full-length stage work by Gabriel Prokofiev coming in 2024, in collaboration with choreographer: Andris Plucis. As part of the Bach Festival 2024…
Gabriel has been invited to stage a concert in collaboration with the Guimarães Orchestra, to mark the CCVF’s 18th anniversary…
Very excited to announce a new collaboration with two remarkable Korea Musicians:
Pianist: Jongh-Wa PARK and Geomungo player: Yoon-Jeong HEO…
YES! - Coming back to Birmingham for my first gig in over 20 years at my alma mater: University of Birmingham this Thursday 29 June, 7:30pm…
Join me this Tuesday 30th May at IKLECTIK for a concert of immersive multi-speaker ambisonic electronic music: ‘PROGRESSIVE LIVE AMBIENT’ I’ll be diffusing ‘Strange Blooms’ from my new CD…
SURREALISM STUDY nr2: Premier of a really enjoyable collaboration with La Fil In the fantastic MUDEC in Milan last night: My ‘Surrealist Study Nr.2’ - a short collage-dream-piece for clarinet (or viola) & musique concrete, that will be performed every half hour every afternoon & evening in the middle of the current Surrealist exhibition…
Counter Chamber 21st June - really looking forward to performing at this very 2020s, ‘post-classical’ approach chamber music. Not sure I meet all the genres on the poster (neo-classical? 🫨-moi?😂), but I will be performing some tracks from my #Litvinenko ‘soundtrack’, as well as some more angular ‘electronic’s meets strings works. More details soon…
I have to share a few words (and photos) about my recent composition lab at the The Stauffer Center, Cremona in April. Four very intense days, with six very talented young composers. As well as sharing ideas and approaches on being a composer in the 2020s, I set two composition tasks each day…
What a special night CSBO have created with their 'Symphonic Sessions' at the Hockley Social Club! Thank you for inviting me to perform with you..
Really happy to being going back to the city of my alma mater, Birmingham, to perform electronics alongside musicians from the brilliant CBSO - at the Hockley Social Club as part of their 'Symphonic Sessions'…
Happy to announce the next Oscillations gig: Saturday 15th April 2023, in Leicester - Alongside the brilliant Louise Rossiter launching her new electroacoustic EP 'Der Industriepalast - Part 1', I will be presenting pieces from my recent releases 'HOWL!' and 'Strange Blooms' in an immersive multi-speaker, surround sound diffusion at St Andrews, Leicester…
Just back from one of the most powerful opera experiences I’ve ever had: Bayerische Staatsoper politically charged new production of War & Peace. The intensity of the night was further increased by several unexpected personal coincidences…
Announcement for students and emerging composers: I am teaching a 4 day composition masterclass at The Stauffer Center in the historical Italian city of Cremona from 18th-21st April 2023…
My first 'Piano Trio', premiered last week by the remarkable Van Baerle Trio, was recorded live at Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam - It will be broadcast on NPO Radio 4 tonight at 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET...
A massive thank you to @musi.fee for this in-depth interview.
"Gabriel Prokofiev on heritage and music’s universal unspoken powers."
You can read it now over on their website: LINK…
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Yes, very happy to be back in The Netherlands - rehearsing with the super talented Van Baerle Trio for the world premier concert of my first Piano Trio tonight at the TivoliVredenburg (TICKETS) in Utrecht…
Huge thank you to everyone at FAMES institute in Skopje, North Macedonia. What an inspiring experience. 5 days of intensive orchestral rehearsals & then recordings in the state-of-the-art FAMES studios…
2022
EMMA for Peace, or the Euro Mediterranean Music Academy, is a non-profit global organization for the promotion of peace and cooperation for development through music diplomacy and education in Europe, the Mediterranean region, Middle East and beyond…
Inspired by the true story of the former Russian security officer Alexander “Sasha” Litvinenko who was poisoned to death in 2006, ITVX will premier Litvinenko (starring David Tennant, Mark Bonnar, Margarita Levieva & Neil Maskell) in December 2022…
Here together for the first time, are two releases united by parallel processes. Both "Strange Blooms" and "Howl!" were originally composed for contemporary dance projects – Strange Blooms in collaboration with choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh, and Howl!, written initially as a score for American choreographer, Maurice Causey, and premiered by Luzerner Ballet…
4 performances, all delivering immersive, original, dynamic ambisonic musical experiences, in the unique space that is IKLECTIK…
On Thursday 02nd February (7:30pm), my Viola Concerto will be performed in Zagreb at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. Maxim Rysanov (Viola + Conductor) will lead The Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra for the East European Premier, which will be broadcast on TV and radio at a later date…
Starting with an interview on Angellica Bell’s Saturday morning show at 10am on Saturday 28th Jan, I’ll be 'Artist of the Week' at digital classical radio station: Scala Radio…
A rare London performance from composer Gabriel Prokofiev. At this concert, Gabriel will launch his new electronic album: STRANGE BLOOMS + HOWL! - a deep-listening journey of meticulously composed contemporary electronic music, on a special surround-sound diffusion system in the intimate setting of Dalston Den (15th December)…
The final concert of the tour will take place on Sunday 6th November in Kansas. Salina Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Yaniv Segal) will perform the US premier of the orchestral version of Gabriel’s most recent album ‘Breaking Screen’s' at the historic Stiefel Theatre, Salina, KS…
On Halloween, Composers Concordance and Access Contemporary Music present 'Breaking Halloween'. Gabriel’s first event in NYC in over 7 years...! Alongside the Kahlo String Quartet, Gabriel will be on live electronics performing 'Breaking Screens' as well his other works for electronics and cello…
Gabriel will be heading to Boston for the first time for an evening of musical exploration with Manuela Isabel Romero Gonzalez, Etienne Abelin and Maria Finkelmeier. The evening will mark the second concert of the tour on Friday 28th October at The Record Co. Doors at 7:30pm, Music at 8:00pm…
The first concert to kick off this USA mini-tour, is the USA premier of my Beethoven9 Symphonic Remix performed by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra on Saturday 22nd October. Gabriel will be performing sampler live on stage, conducted by Yaniv Segal, who recorded the work for NAXOS 3 years ago…
On the 20th & 21st October, Gabriel’s ‘Viola Concerto’ will premier at the Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo (20:30, 20:00). The wonderful Maxim Rysanov returns as the unprecedented role of soloist and conductor…
Together with UNLTD Collective, Gabriel is excited to announce ‘Pastoral 21’s’ London premier performance at Kings Place on Sunday 9th October (19:00pm-20:30pm). He will perform electronics alongside six extremely talented young string players from Germany, Turkey, UK, Switzerland & Spain, all alumni of the Verbier Festival Academy…
Eight years after performing at the opening festival of the stunning Cesis Concert Hall in 2014, Gabriel finally returned on 16th September to present a special program of music for electronics and strings, with a focus on Cello for the Cello Cēsis Festival…
Gabriels residency at progressive Italian music festival began with the world premier of his Flute Concerto ‘Dante’, commissioned by the festival, and ended two weeks ago with two performances showcasing his music for electronics and strings, performed by the renowned contemporary string quartet: Quartetto Nous, alongside alumni from the Stauffer Institute (where Gabriel is a visiting professor of composition)…
Concerto for Turntables NUMBER 2! French premier tomorrow night in Montpellier at Le Corum Opéra Berlioz. DJ Mr & Gabriel have been rehearsing for weeks & it’s been v exciting & v intense watching it come together with the brilliant Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie…
Commissioned by Massimo Mercelli & The Emilia Romagna Festival for Flute & String Orchestra, Gabriel’s Flute Concerto will be performed in Italy at the Imola Church of San Domenico (16th July, 21:00)…
Gabriel is excited to announce the launch of the new label: ‘OSCILLATIONS’, a label that celebrates electronic music with a narrative. On Sunday 3rd July, 4pm-11pm (DJs from 4pm / live from 5pm), we will be hosting a mini-festival at one of London's most exciting new venues: Iklectik (near Waterloo)…
The long-awaited release of 'HOWL!’: An electronic composition that explores the experience and struggles of protesting and rebelling against oppressive states is released today, available on all streaming platforms and online stores (limited vinyl coming soon). ‘HOWL!' EP is the first release on the new label Oscillations…
'Separation' (violin edit) ft.Yury Revich is a haunting combination of ominous electronic clicks, with a lonely violin & synthesiser duet…
Gabriel is heading to the Classical:NEXT conference in Hanover (HCC, Future Meeting Space B) between 17th-20th May for meetings and his annual DJing at the late night 'nonclassical' style after hours club at Cumberlandsche Bühne, Schauspielhaus, Hanover from 22:15-2:00…
Nonclassical and The African Concert Series are partnering for a two-day festival of live music and discussions, celebrating the diversity of musical styles from the African continent…
Gabriel has been digging through his old vinyl collection for a 5-hour, vinyl only DJ set at the audiophile music & sushi bar: Brilliant Corners in Dalston on Wednesday 27th April…
‘Pastoral 21’ is back for ‘Earth Day’, with a three day tour in Switzerland. ‘Pastoral 21’ is a one hour musical discourse on the question ‘what does the concept of pastoral mean to us in this time of climate crisis?’ Gabriel will be performing electronics alongside the UNLTD Collective ensemble powered by the Verbier Festival Academy…
Iklectik has to be one of the most musically adventurous & inspiring venues in London. On 2nd April 2022, Gabriel was invited to play the closing DJ-set at their launch party for the opening of their outside yard & ‘kiosk’. As ever his set included an unconventional mix of left-field classical, electronic, and contemporary-classical remixes…
Ten years after he first performed it with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Dj Mr Switch is coming back to the Birmingham Symphony Hall this Saturday to perform Gabriel’s 'Concerto for Turntables No.1' with the brilliant City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ben Gernon…
On Sunday 20th February, Nonclassical took over The Barbican foyer and main hall to celebrate a host of artists who use field recording and exploration of their environment at the centre of their music…
Gabriel finished his Omicron isolation period just in time for the premier of his ‘Viola Concerto’ at the Bonn Opera House on the 14th January 2022. The wonderful violist Maxim Rysanov both performed and conducted the concerto alongside the Beethoven Bonn Orchester…
Between the 12th-16th of February 2022, Gabriel will be leading a masterclass at the Stauffer Center for Strings in Cremona, the birthplace of the violin (home of Amati, Rugeri, & Stradivarios)…
2021
The Moscow premiere of Gabriel’s Cello Concerto was performed at the Tchaikovsky Hall for the final night of Viva Cello Festival on the 20th November. In 2013, it was performed by Sasha Ivashkin (who commissioned the piece) at the St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall…
What is British identity? And what is that in music? Together with Fretwork, the UK’s leading viol consort, composer Orlando Gough and Gabriel have co-curated & commissioned a new project in which a host of British composers tell the story through their arrangements of music by British musical icons..
The new project ‘Pastoral 21’ explores how the concept of Pastoral has changed in this time of Climate Crisis and that “while nature brought unalloyed joy for Beethoven’s contemporaries, the pastoral brings a sense of fear for us, considering how mankind has damaged it” (Prokofiev, The Times)…
We’re very excited to announce that Gabriel’s new album is now available on CD, in limited edition from the historic Firma Melodiya label - whose iconic logo is embossed on the vinyl-style disc. The album is now available from all main retailers…
Gabriel will be performing the Austrian premier of his new album ‘Breaking Screens’ in Vienna this Saturday (18-09-2021) at a brand new event called ‘Climate Nights’ at the legendary Pratersauna club. The event focuses on climate crisis awareness - so ‘Breaking Screens’ is ideally themed to open the night. Star violinist Yury Revich will be performing alongside musicians from the Music & Arts University (MUK)…
Gabriel is proud to announce a new live project: 'Pastoral 21’ - a one hour musical discourse on the question ‘what does the concept of pastoral mean to us in this time of climate crisis?’…
The new album 'Breaking Screens' by Gabriel Prokofiev & OpenSoundOrchestra is out now on Russian label Firma Melodiya and available to stream on all digital platforms (Spotify, Apple Music and Yandex Music). Physical release coming in October…
The new single ‘SEVEN STEPS’ from Gabriel’s forthcoming album with the OpenSoundOrchestra is out now on all digital platforms. In this track, Gabriel went back to his grime and electro production roots, but with a contemporary classical twist: incorporating string orchestra, and transforming the usual four beats into seven beats per bar…
From June 2021 composer Gabriel Prokofiev will be managed by the London-based company Only Stage Ltd…
Back in March, Gabriel composed the soundtrack for new Indian sci-fi series ‘Ok Computer’ which can be streamed on Disney Hotstar…
‘Five Impressions of Self-Isolation’ was released on Hiyali Togawa’s stunning new album ‘Songs of Solitude’ on Bis Records…
On the 17th of April, Gabriel performed the sampled choral electronics in his Beethoven9 Symphonic Remix live alongside Beethoven Orchester Bonn in the final concert of their special online streaming ‘Beethoven Pur’ series…
On the 12th of February, Gabriel performed a thirty minute online streaming concert as part of the “All about Bach! Festival” - Only Stage digital season…
One hundred years since the earliest electronic instruments began to appear, composer Gabriel Prokofiev explores how the advent of electronically generated sound has influenced how we make and listen to music…
His first electronic-classical single in more than 5 years, SIX HESIT HEIST is a collision of orchestra and electronic clicks, synths, kicks, and field recording…