Thomas Mesa, Cello

Biography

Thomas Mesa, Cuban-American cellist, is a winner of the Astral Artists Auditions (2017), the Sphinx Competition (2016), and the Thaviu Competition for String Performance (2013). 

Concerto engagements for this season and future seasons include The Cleveland Orchestra, the LA Philharmonic at The Hollywood Bowl, Erie Chamber Orchestra, Firelands Symphony, and Elgin Symphony Orchestra.  Recent engagements include the Mainly Mozart Festival, Nantucket Musical Arts Society, Bargemusic, Columbia University, Carnegie Hall, The Supreme Court, Meadowmount School of Music, Strad for Lunch Series in NYC, and Perlman Music Program Alumni Recital.

Mr. Mesa was one of the featured instrumentalists on The Crossing Choir’s album called “Bonhoeffer” which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2017.  Led by Donald Nally, this multiple award-winning ensemble has invited Mr. Mesa as the featured soloist for performances at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Longwood Gardens, The Winter Garden (broadcast on WNYC) and the Theological Seminary in New York City.

He has held faculty positions at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Montecito International Music Festival, St. Petersburg International Music Academy, The Mozart Academy at John Jay College in New York, and the Manhattan School of Music where he currently teaches through the Long Distance Learning Program. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School (B.M. 2012) and Northwestern University (M.M. 2014), and is currently a doctoral candidate at the Manhattan School of Music.  Mr. Mesa plays on a Richard Tobin cello dated 1820. www.ThomasMesaCello.com