SARAH GAIT
Cellist, Composer, Improviser
An innovative and creative musician, British cellist Sarah Gait has appeared as a soloist and composer on BBC Radio 3. She is the winner of multiple awards from the Royal Philharmonic Society, EMI Music Sound Foundation and the BBC Proms Young Composer Competition. Read more...

ABOUT

Innovative English cellist and composer Sarah Gait enjoys a busy performing career. Currently based in Salzburg, Sarah is an awardee of the Royal Philharmonic Society and BBC, and has studied at the Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg, Royal Academy of Music, London and Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.
Sarah’s career as soloist and chamber musician features venues across Europe, including Barbican Centre, King’s Place and Smith Square Hall in London, the Embassies of Brazil in London and Berlin, Gohliser Schlösschen Leipzig and Palais Lichtenau Berlin.
Remarkably, Sarah has performed on BBC Radio 3 as all of solo cellist, solo pianist and composer. A creative interdisciplinary artist, she excels in improvisation, intuitive music and unique collaborations with other art forms. She is currently the recipient of awards from the Stadt Salzburg and a Fellowship from the Universität Mozarteum to explore cross-genre creation.


Listen now!

"In der Krypta" - Cello music deep under Salzburg's Fortress

Reinhold Glière: Album Leaves Op. 51 for Cello and Piano

GAIT Ilex WORLD PREMIERE - 'Brazilian Cello' at the Embassy of Brazil in London, 2024

Heroes: the shadows of a tragic mind

Alfred Schnittke: Cello Sonata No. 2, 1994


