Tommaso Lonquich
Acclaimed by reviewers as a “formidable clarinetist” of “passion, sumptuous tone, magical finesse and dazzling virtuosity,” Tommaso Lonquich is solo clarinetist with Ensemble MidtVest in Denmark. He is also an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York. He has appeared on the most renowned stages of four continents, partnering with Christian Tetzlaff, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Pekka Kuusisto, Wu Han, David Finckel, Gilles Vonsattel, and the Danish, Vertavo, and Zaïde string quartets. Lonquich performs regularly as a soloist and solo clarinetist with orchestras throughout Europe, collaborating with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Fabio Luisi. In Denmark, he is co-founder and co-artistic director of Schackenborg Musikfest. He has taught masterclasses at the Juilliard School, the Royal Danish Academy, and the Manhattan School of Music, among others. Alongside his artistic career, Lonquich is a practicing psychoanalyst and co-founder of the International Center for Lacanian Psychoanalysis in Ljubljana, Slovenia.