Pedro Gadelha

Brazilian-born double bass player Pedro Gadelha studied at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and in the Orchestral Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic. His teachers include Rainer Zepperitz and Klaus Stoll.   Gadelha is currently principal bassist of the Sao Paulo State Symphony and was formerly a member of the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra. As a bass section leader, he has worked with the Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, WDR-Sinfonieorchester Cologne, the Madrid Symphony Orchestra,  Galicia Symphony and the Rouen Opera. Pedro Gadelha is also a frequent collaborator with European ensembles as the Ensemble Modern and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, where he has worked with such conductors as Claudio Abbado, Georg Solti, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez. He teaches at the Sao Paulo State Music School and has given lectures and masterclasses in many countries, including the Paris Conservatoire, Georgia State University and schools and festivals in France, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Spain and Hong Kong.