PETER STUMPF is Professor of Cello at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Prior to this appointment, he was principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Mr. Stumpf's tenure in Los Angeles followed twelve years as associate principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. His professional orchestral career began at age sixteen when he joined the cello section of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He is a graduate
of the Curtis Institute of Music and the New England Conservatory.

A dedicated chamber musician, he is a member of the Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Trio and appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, in Amsterdam, Tokyo, and Cologne. He has performed with the chamber music societies of Boston and Philadelphia, and at
numerous Festivals, including the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, Marlboro, Santa Fe, Bridgehampton, Spoleto, and Aspen. He has toured with Music from Marlboro, and with pianist Mitsuko Uchida in performances of the complete Mozart Piano Trios. As a
member of the Johannes Quartet he collaborated with the Guarneri String Quartet on a tour including premieres of works by Bolcom and Salonen.
Concerto appearances have been with the Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Boston Philharmonic among others.

As a recitalist, he has performed at the Universities of Hartford, Syracuse and Delaware, at Jordan Hall in Boston, and at the Phillips and Corcoran Galleries in
Washington, DC. His awards include first prize in the Washington International Competition, the Graham-Stahl Competition and the Aspen Concerto Competition. As a teacher, he has conducted master classes at the Hong Kong Academy of the Performing Arts, Manhattan and Mannes Schools of Music, Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Seoul National University and several U.S. universities.