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Thomas LandschootArea: MusicCategory: Faculty Title: Associate Professor Office: Phone: 480-965-3298 Fax: 480-965-2659 Specialty: Strings, cello Email: thomas.landschoot@asu.edu WebPage: http://music.asu.edu |
| Bio: Thomas Landschoot joined the music faculty of Arizona State University in
2001 after having taught at the University of Michigan. Born in Belgium,
Landschoot began studying the cello at the age of six with his father,
leading to a successful career as soloist and teacher.
He performs virtually the entire standard and contemporary repertoires of
the cello, and several composers have dedicated new works to him. Mr.
Landschoot regularly performs as soloist and in recital in concert halls
across Europe, the United States and Japan. His recordings range from a disc
of chamber music by James DeMars with pianist Caio Pagano to solo concerti
with the National Orchestra of Belgium. Mr. Landschoot holds a Master of Music degree from the Conservatory in Antwerp, Belgium, a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan,
an Artist Diploma from Indiana University and an Artist Diploma (cum laude) from the Conservatory of Maastricht, Netherlands. His major teachers include
Erling Blondal Bengtsson, Antonio Meneses and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, for whom he served as a teaching assistant. He also enjoys a close relationship with
Bernard Greenhouse, the distinguished former cellist of the Beaux Arts Trio.
He joined the journalist and photographer Christopher Lambert in a concert that raised $350,000 to assist in building a hospital in Tamil Nadu, South India. In the summer of 2004, he and clarinetist Eddy Vanoosthuizen gave the world premiere performance of a double concert for clarinet and cello by Dirk Brosse and the European orchestra 'Prima La Musica'. One month later, they gave the American premiere with the Orchestra of the White House in Washington, D.C. He has performed for Belgium's Queen Fabiola and has been invited to perform at the Belgian Embassy in India when Prince Filip and Princess Mathilde are visiting. Recipient of the 2005 "Distinguished Teaching Award", he has given master classes at conservatories and universities throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. During the summers he has been on the faculty of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, the Texas Music Festival in Houston, the Meadowmount School of Music in New York and many others. Mr. Landschoot plays a cello made in Turin by J.F. Pressenda. |
