Thomas Loewenheim maintains an international career that combines cello performance, conducting, and teaching. He has toured North America, Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East, performing as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician.

A devoted educator, Loewenheim is frequently invited to present master classes both nationally and internationally. He is a Professor of Cello and Director of Orchestras at California State University, Fresno, Music Director and conductor of the Youth Orchestras of Fresno, and founding Artistic Director of the FOOSA Festival/Fresno Summer Orchestra Academy.

Noted for his ability to lead any orchestra to peak performance level efficiently and enjoyably, Loewenheim is much in demand on the honor orchestra circuit. His unique combination of old-school reverence for music’s history and new-age passion for neglected and under-appreciated works has led to invitations to conduct throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia. As a conductor, he has collaborated with numerous soloists, among them violinists Vadim Gluzman, Richard Lin, and Rachel Barton Pine, cellists Lynn Harrell, Clive Greensmith, and Brinton Smith, and pianists Peter Klimo, Steven Vanhauwaert, and Jeremy Denk.

As a cello soloist in his own right, he has most recently premiered Daniel Akiva’s Requests for Cello and Orchestra, a concerto dedicated specifically to Loewenheim. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with a wide range of musicians from cellist Lynn Harrell to violinist Martin Beaver to pianist Evelyne Brancart. Lately, with violinist Limor Toren-Immerman and pianist Peter Klimo, he has founded the Topelli Piano Trio. More