Tom Wiebe
Cello
Office: MB 319
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x86987
Email: twiebe@uwo.ca
Cellist Thomas Wiebe has been heard by audiences and on radio broadcasts throughout North America and Europe. Mr. Wiebe regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician, including with ARC Ensemble whose 2025-26 schedule includes a three-concert residency in London, England’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Merkin Hall, Montreal’s La Salle Bourgie, Toronto’s Mazzoleni Hall as well as Manchester and Glasgow.
Mr. Wiebe’s most recent disc releases include the world-premiere recording of Ernest Kanitz’s Sonata for Solo Cello on Chandos and the chamber works of Omar Daniel on Centrediscs.
Mr. Wiebe has performed on numerous occasions as a guest artist with Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra London Canada. He has also been soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra at Lincoln Center in New York and with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded for the Chandos, CBC, Centrediscs, Doremi and Bowl labels. Please see selected recording links below.
Thomas Wiebe studied cello in his native Winnipeg with Julie Banton. He later studied at the Eastman School of Music with Robert Sylvester and Steven Doane, and at Yale University and the Juilliard School with Aldo Parisot. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale.
Mr. Wiebe is Associate Professor of Violoncello at the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University in London.
Recent Performances and Recordings
With Kevin Ahfat, piano
From ARC Ensemble/Chamber Works by Alberto Hemsi/Chandos
Alberto Hemsi, Greek Nuptial Dances, op. 37b (world-premiere recording)
I. In Honour of the Mother-in-law
II. In Honour of the Bride
III. In Honour of the Godfather
Alberto Hemsi, Méditation, op. 16
From ARC Ensemble/Chamber Works by Ernest Kanitz/Chandos
Ernest Kanitz, Sonata for Solo Cello (world-premiere recording)
I. Allegro deciso
II. Poco adagio
III. Quasi presto e molto leggiero
With Andrew Burashko, piano
Live Performance, Enwave Theatre, Toronto
Beethoven Sonata in A, op. 69 Scherzo
With Marie Bérard, violin; Kevin Ahfat, piano
From ARC Ensemble/Chamber Works by Dmitri Klebanov/Chandos
Dimitri Klebanov Trio No.2, Allegro moderato (world-premiere recording)
