The Program

Ligeti: Sonata for Solo Cello
Britten: Suite for Solo Cello TBD
Dutilleux: Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher
Kodaly: Sonata for Solo Cello

The Artists

After serving 12 years as Associate Principal Cello of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Peter Stumpf became the Principal Cello of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the start of the 2002/2003 season. At the age of 16 he began his professional career, playing in the Hartford Symphony. He received a Bachelor's degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory.  A dedicated chamber music musician, he is a member of the Johannes String Quartet and has appeared on chamber music series at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Walt Disney Concert Hall, in Cologne, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and at Casals Hall in Tokyo.  As a teacher he has served on the cello faculty of the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, the New England Conservatory, and guest artist faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music as well as at the Yellow Barn Music Festival and the Musicorda Summer String Program. He is currently on the cello faculty of the University of Southern California.