Torleif Thedéen
Torleif Thedéen is a prominent cellist who has performed both concertos and chamber music with top artists and ensembles from Scandinavia and beyond. He is also a noted educator.
Thedéen was born in Sweden in 1962. His career got a powerful jump start when he won three of the most prestigious cello competitions, in a single year, 1985: the Hammer-Rostropowitsch, the Pablo Casals, and the European Broadcasting Union's International Tribune. That led, immediately and unusually, to a contract with BIS, for which he released the album The Russian Cello in 1986. Soon, Thedéen was appearing with major Scandinavian orchestras and conductors, including Paavo Berglund, Leif Segerstam, and the fast-rising Esa-Pekka Salonen. His 1994 BIS album featuring the Shostakovich cello concertos, with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra under James DePreist, won a Cannes Classical Award in 1995, and his 1999 set of Bach's cello suites was also highly regarded. His solo appearances branched out beyond Scandinavia to include concerto performances with the BBC, Moscow, and Czech Philharmonic Orchestras. Thedéen made back-to-back tours of New Zealand and Australia in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. He has been a fixture at European festivals including the Verbier Festival, the Prague Spring Festival, and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. A notable feature of the later part of Thedéen's career has been his touring and recording work with other top-quality soloists. He toured and recorded with violinist Janine Jansen and violist Maxim Rysanov in the late 2000s. In 2018, he won the Edison Prize for a recording of the Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time with Jansen, clarinetist Martin Fröst, and pianist Lucas Debargue. For his solo recordings, Thedéen moved from BIS to the CPO label, where in 2019 he issued a performance of Aram Khachaturian's Cello Concerto with the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie under Daniel Raiskin.
Thedéen taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Copenhagen from 1992 to 1996. Since 1996, he has been a professor at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Stockholm.
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Korngold: Suite, Op. 23 & Piano Quintet, Op. 15
Spectrum Concerts Berlin, Boris Brovtsyn, Clara-Jumi Kang, Torleif Thedéen, Gareth Lubbe, Eldar Nebolsin
Classical - Released by Naxos on 13 Nov 2020
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Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Clarinet Trio
Martin Fröst, Roland Pöntinen, Torleif Thedéen
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 1 Jan 2000
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Schubert: String Quintet - Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Janine Jansen, Boris Brovtsyn, Amihai Grosz, Maxim Rysanov, Torleif Thedéen, Jens Peter Maintz
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2012
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Bach: Inventions & Partita
Janine Jansen, Maxim Rysanov, Torleif Thedéen
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2007
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Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos - Colas Breugnon Suite
Torleif Thedéen, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Adrian Prabava, Eiji Oue
Classical - Released by CPO on 8 Nov 2013
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Schnittke: Epilogue / Cello Sonata Nos. 1 & 2 / Improvisation / Musica Nostalgica
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 24 Apr 2007
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Sandström: Flute Concerto / Lonesome / Cello Concerto
Tobias Carron, Magnus Andersson, Torleif Thedéen, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by Caprice on 1 Jan 1994
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Khachaturian : Cello Concerto in E Minor & Concerto-Rhapsody
Torleif Thedéen, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Daniel Raiskin
Cello Concertos - Released by CPO on 5 Apr 2019
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Bach, J.S.: 6 Suites for Solo Cello, Bwv 1007-1012
Classical - Released by BIS on 31 May 2000
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Kahn: Works for Cello & Piano
Torleif Thedéen, Oliver Triendl
Chamber Music - Released by CPO on 25 Mar 2018
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Lalo: Cello Concerto / Symphony in G Minor / Namouna
Torleif Thedéen, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Kees Bakels
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Mar 2006
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Schnittke: Cello Concerto No. 1 / Klingende Buchstaben / 4 Hymns
Torleif Thedéen, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Dec 1990
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Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto / Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2
Torleif Thedéen, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Jan 1998
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Classical Hits - Bach: Cello Suites No. 1 and 5
Classical - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 18 Dec 2012
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Sibelius: Complete Music for Cello and Piano
Torleif Thedéen, Folke Gräsbeck
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 31 Oct 1996
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Kokkonen: Complete Kokkonen Edition, Vol. 1
Torleif Thedéen, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 May 1990
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Chopin: Cello Sonata in G Minor / Schumann: Phantasiestucke, Op. 73
Torleif Thedéen, Roland Pöntinen
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 31 Jan 2002
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Ravel / Martinu / Honegger / Schulhoff: Duos for Violin and Cello
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 30 Jun 1998
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Larsson Gothe / Ibert: Cello Concertos
Torleif Thedéen, Ostgota Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Hermann Baumer
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 28 Jul 2002
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Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Torleif Thedéen, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, James Depreist
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Jan 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo