Musician, psychoanalyst and pedagogue, Tommaso Lonquich has been acclaimed by reviewers as a “formidable clarinetist" and praised for his “passion, sumptuous tone, magical finesse and dazzling virtuosity”. He is an Artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York and has served as Solo Clarinetist with Denmark-based Ensemble MidtVest for thirteen years.
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He has appeared on the most renowned stages of five continents (Carnegie Hall, Wigmore, Alice Tully, Suntory, Salle Pleyel) and at major festivals (Lockenhaus, Oxford, Mecklenburg, Pacific, Music@Menlo, La Jolla, Bridgehampton). He has partnered among others with Christian Tetzlaff, Ilya Gringolts, Pekka Kuusisto, David Finckel, Wu Han, Nicolas Altstaedt, Ani and Ida Kavafian, Maximilian Hornung, Anneleen Lenaerts, Yura Lee, Gilles Vonsattel, Juho Pohjonen, Radovan Vlatkovic, as well as with the Danish, Vertavo, Van Kuijk, Noûs, Indaco and Zaïde string quartets.
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In Denmark, Tommaso Lonquich is the founder and Artistic Director of Schackenborg Musikfest, one of Scandinavia’s most prestigious festivals. Previously he served as Artistic Director of KantorAtelier, a vibrant Florentine cultural space based dedicated to music, theatre, art and psychoanalysis. Particularly active in the field of improvisation, he has led workshops at the Juilliard School and has collaborated with prominent visual artists, dancers and theatre companies.
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A devoted mentor, Tommaso Lonquich served as the Head of Chamber Music at the Dædalus Advanced Studies Program in Florence, an institution which he co-founded. He has given masterclasses at the Manhattan School of Music, the State University of New York, the Royal Danish Academy, the Utah State University, and the Royal Welsh College of Music, among others. His series of lectures “The Listening Voice” has been presented at Conservatories throughout Europe.
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He performs regularly as a soloist and solo clarinetist with orchestras such as the Haydn Philharmonie (Austria), the Orchestra Leonore (Italy), the Chamber Orchestra of Mantua (Italy) and the Slovenian Radio Orchestra, collaborating with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Fabio Luisi, Adam Fischer, Enrico Onofri and Leonard Slatkin.
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He can be heard on twenty-five CD releases by CPO, Music@Menlo, NovAntiqua and Brilliant. His recordings have been nominated for a Gramophone Award and for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
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Alongside his artistic career, Tommaso Lonquich is a practicing psychoanalyst at the International Center for Lacanian Psychoanalysis, which he founded in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is a lecturer in Theory and Clinic of Lacanian Psychoanalysis and a member of the Scientific Committee at OMANUT in Rome.
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Tommaso Lonquich is a Gleichweit, Seggelke, ZAC Ligature, and Buffet Crampon Artist and plays historical instruments by Soren Green and Seggelke.
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The 2025–2026 season will take him to Korea, China, the United States, Australia, and throughout Europe.