Peter Stumpf

Who is Peter Stumpf?

Peter Stumpf is the former principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He was educated first at the Curtis Institute of Music and then the New England Conservatory. He started his professional career at age 16 as a cellist in the Hartford Symphony, then spent 12 years as associate principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra before assuming his position at the start of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2002/2003 season. He took a year's sabbatical from the LA Phil beginning in 2011 to begin teaching full time at Indiana University's Jacob School of Music. He left the orchestra permanently in 2012.

Stumpf is also the cellist of the Johannes String Quartet. Musicians he has collaborated with include Emanuel Ax, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Mitsuko Uchida, and the Emerson String Quartet.

Stumpf is also well known as a cello teacher, having taught at the New England Conservatory, USC Thornton School of Music, in addition to his current post at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.