Gabriel Bussi (composer, violinist, and violist); presently violinist of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia and violist of the Artemis Ensemble in Spain, enjoyed a broad musical education throughout various countries and continents. Born as son of musicians in Montevideo (Uruguay), he pursued his main violin and composition studies in Germany, where he graduated as violin major at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin with the teachers Prof. Christoph Poppen and Prof. Ulf Wallin. In the meantime he studied composition and counterpoint at the same college with Prof. Gerhard Tittel and Prof. Jürgen Ganzer, premiering during those years several commissioned works, among them his String Quartet in C minor, his children`s opera Gutgesinnt und Bösgesinnt (being author of both music and libretto), and his sonata for flute and piano.

He was prize winner at several competitions, both as violinist and as composer, and he was scholarship holder at numerous music festivals, among them Ost-West Musik Festival (Krems, Austria), Richard-Wagner-Verband (Bayreuth, Germany), Young Artists International (Los Angeles, USA), Nagano Music Festa (Ueda, Japan), being active as soloist and chamber musician on multiple occasions. His compositions and arrangments were periodically played by Young Artists International (Los Angeles), including recordings and radio broadcasts.He completed his Master of Music Performance with Dr. Eduard Schmieder, as scholarship holder at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX (USA), keeping up his composition studies with Dr. Robert Frank.

Throughout his studies he participated at many masterclasses with internationally renowned teachers, and was an active orchestra musician, playing with orchestras such as the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker (Germany), the Fort Worth Symphony (USA), the "I Palpiti" Chamber Orchestra in Los Angeles and the Dallas Chamber Orchestra.

His pieces were played in various countries by members of orchestras such as the Jerusalem Symphony Orquestra (Israel), the Philharmonie Südwestfalen (Germany), and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (Spain). Among his recent works are pieces like the three Bagatellas for String Quartet, an Ave Maria for mixed choir, children's choir, and symphony orquestra, and Noche de Navidad for children's choir and symphony orquestra, both of which were premiered by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia under Victor Pablo. Another recent premiere was a Symphonic "Lied" named El lejano campanario for Mezzosoprano and orquestra. His next projects include pieces like a woodwind quintet, a song cycle "Tres Cancións pra Rosalía" for Soprano and string orchestra, and a "Theme with variations" for clarinet and piano.