Gabriele Leite was the first classical guitarist listed in the Forbes magazine under 30 edition 2021. She currently resides in New York (USA), where she is pursuing a DMA in Music Performance at the prestigious Stony Brook University. Gabriele holds a Bachelors in music from the UNESP Institute of Arts in São Paulo and a Master's in music performance with honors from the Manhattan School of Music. She has excelled at several festivals and competitions in Brazil and abroad. Recent highlights in 2025 Gabriele launched Gunûncho, her second album promoted by Rocinante, a Brazilian label specialist in Vinyls. In 2026 the guitarist went on tour across Brazil, was nominated for the Brazilian Music Award in the Best New Artist category and received an invitation to participate in Classical:NEXT in Berlin. Gabriele Leite was an international fellow of the Sociedade Cultura Artística. Since April 2020 she has been sponsored by Augustine Strings, using the Augustine Regal/Blue (High Tension) model and since 2024 she has been on the international roster of Pinuts Music Agency in Europe.
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