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"Whatever you might
want in a cellist, Thomas Loewenheim has it"
(Jim Leonard, Ann Arbor Observer)
Thomas Loewenheim is a modern
renaissance man: a unique musician who enjoys an international
career, combining cello performance, conducting, and teaching at the
highest levels. He has toured North America, Europe, the
Middle East, and the Far East, performing with orchestras, giving
recitals, and playing chamber music, and has been broadcast over the
national radio networks in Austria, Canada, and Israel.
During the past few years, Dr. Loewenheim has dedicated a large
portion of his time for research. In addition to working on
his dissertation “’Elephant or Relevant?’: Reviving Sir Donald
Francis Tovey’s Sonata for Violoncello Solo, Op. 30: A Critical
Performance Edition Made in Light of an In-Depth Study of the
Historical Background and a Musical Analysis”,
he has been rediscovering forgotten concerti from the Romantic era,
some of which have never been recorded before.
Dr. Loewenheim is currently director of orchestras and professor of
cello at the
California State
University, Fresno, and the music director and
conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the
Youth Orchestras of Fresno.
Previously he taught at the Indiana University String Academy and
the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), and served as music
director and conductor of the
Musical Arts Youth
Orchestra (MAYO) in south-central Indiana.
 Highlights from past seasons include performances
of the two concerti for cello by Haydn, as well as works for cello
and orchestra by Davidoff, Goltermann, Mozart and Tchaikovsky with chamber
orchestras in Canada and in Israel. With pianist Christopher
Harding, Dr. Loewenheim toured several states in the U.S. and went
on tour with him to Israel, including a recital at the Annual
International Cello Seminar in the Jezreel Valley, and while there
also taught, gave master classes, and conducted a national youth
orchestra.
The 2005-2006 season included performances as soloist with the
Carmel Ensemble in Israel, and in chamber music with Trio Dominique
in the United States and with Trio Piacere in Japan, as well as concerts and master classes
in Israel, and concerts
featuring him as the conductor of the Musical Arts Youth Orchestra.
The domain name, cellosuite.com, represents Dr. Loewenheim's dedication
to the unaccompanied cello literature, which has resulted in several
compositions written for him. Recently, he has been making exciting
discoveries in the early 20th-century unaccompanied cello repertoire
and is incorporating the results into his recitals.
In addition to his accomplishments as a performer
and conductor, Dr. Loewenheim
is establishing an increasingly prominent reputation as a teacher,
and is frequently invited to give master classes around Canada,
the United States, and Israel, and in Hong Kong.
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