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Peter Stumpf, cello



Peter Stumpf is the former principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  He was educated first the Curtis Institute of Music and then the New England Conservatory.  He started his professional career at age 16 as a cellist in the Hartford Symphony, then spent 12 years as associate principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra before assuming his position at the start of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2002/2003 season.  He took a year’s sabbatical from the Los Angeles Philharmonic beginning in 2011 to begin teaching full time at Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music.

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Be sure to hear all of Peter Stumpf’s 2013 Festival performances listed below

Sunday, July 28, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Beethoven Septet & Brahms Trio

Monday, July 29, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Beethoven Septet & Brahms Trio

Wednesday, July 31, 7:30 PM at Simms Auditorium/Albuquerque Academy
Schumann Songs, Schubert Strings

Thursday, August 1, 12:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Johannes String Quartet

Thursday, August 1, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Schumann Songs, Schubert Strings

Sunday, August 4, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Mahler – Songs of a Wayfarer

Monday, August 5, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Mahler – Songs of a Wayfarer

Peter Stumpf is the former principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  He was educated first the Curtis Institute of Music and then the New England Conservatory.  He started his professional career at age 16 as a cellist in the Hartford Symphony, then spent 12 years as associate principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra before assuming his position at the start of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2002/2003 season.  He took a year’s sabbatical from the Los Angeles Philharmonic beginning in 2011 to begin teaching full time at Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music.  He left the orchestra permanently in 2012.

Stumpf is also the cellist of the Johannes String Quartet.  Musicians he has collaborated with include Emanuel Ax, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Mitsuko Uchida, and the Emerson String Quartet.  He is also well known as a cello teacher, having taught at the New England Conservatory.