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Torleif Thedéen

Torleif Thedéen
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About

Torleif Thedéen is a Swedish cellist, born in 1962, who launched his international career by winning three of the world's most prestigious cello competitions in a single year, 1985 - including the Pablo Casals Competition. Over four decades he has performed as concerto soloist and chamber musician with leading orchestras across Europe, the Americas and Australasia, and holds professorships at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo and the Royal College of Music in London.

3
international cello competitions won in one year (1985)
40+
years of international career as a soloist
1783
Guadagnini cello (formerly owned by Rostropovich)

What's new

  • 2025-04

    Thedéen performed with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at Konserthuset Stockholm with music by Andrée, Larsson Gothe and Stenhammar under conductor Johannes Gustavsson.

  • 2020

    From 2020, Thedéen is represented by Nordic Artists Management.

  • 2019

    Thedéen released a recording of Khachaturian's cello concerto with Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie under Daniel Raiskin on the CPO label.

  • 2018

    Thedéen received the Edison Prize for the recording of Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time with Martin Fröst, Lucas Debargue and Janine Jansen on Sony Classical.

Tracks

Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2Recorded with Malmö Symphony Orchestra under James DePreist (BIS, 1994) - won Cannes Classical Award 1995
Bach: Suites for Solo Cello (complete)Recording from 1999 selected as 'Choice of the Month' by BBC Music Magazine
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du tempsSony Classical recording with Janine Jansen, Martin Fröst and Lucas Debargue - won Edison Prize 2018
Khachaturian: Cello ConcertoRecorded with Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie under Daniel Raiskin (CPO, 2019)
The Russian CelloDebut album on BIS (1986), released immediately after three competition victories in 1985

😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.

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