Steven Thomas - cellist

Steven Thomas is known internationally as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. A top prize-winner in the Villa-Lobos (Rio, 1982) and J.S. Bach (Washington, 1985) International Competitions, as well as several national competitions in the US and his native England, he performs regularly throughout Europe, North and South America.

Mr. Thomas has appeared in most of the major concert halls of Europe and the US, and has recorded for Radio and CDs in Denmark, Holland, the Czech Republic and Israel. He is a regular participant in chamber music festivals in such varied locations as Sao Paulo (Brazil), Cape Cod and Topeka, Kansas.

For many years Mr. Thomas was the Principal Cellist of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, where he attracted students from all over the world to both his private studio and the Hartt School of Music. He has given master classes at Universities in Brazil, Italy and Connecticut. Mr. Thomas holds a performers' diploma from the Royal College of Music in London (received at the age of 16), and degrees from Cambridge and Yale Universities, including a Doctorate from the latter, where he studied with Aldo Parisot.

Steven now lives in Florida and is currently Associate Professor of Cello at the University of Florida, as well as Principal Cellist at Bellingham Festival of Music.

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