Tomasz Zieba, Cello

Tomasz Zieba began his cello education at the age of seven at the Mieczyslaw Karlowicz School of Music.  He continued his cello studies at the Academy of Music in Krakow under the instruction of Henryk Zarzycki.  In the United States he completed Bachelor of Music degree at Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, Texas) in the class of John Burton.  Later, he received an Artist Certificate Diploma and a Masters of Music degree in Cello Performance from Southern Methodist University (Dallas, Texas) in the classes of Ko Iwasaki and Christopher Adkins.

Tomasz has participated in many music festivals in the United States and abroad, polishing his cello performance craft with teachers like Stephen Geber, Ron Leonard, Desmond Hoebig and Brinton Smith.  As a recitalist, chamber musician and ensemble member, he has performed and taught master classes in Poland, Spain, Austria, Germany, France, Mexico and the United States.

During the years 1997-2003, Mr. Zieba served as principal cellist of the Irving Symphony Orchestra and associate principal cellist of the Plano Symphony Orchestra.  He also received several other orchestral appointments, including the New World Symphony, the Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

Currently he holds the associate principal cello position with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra and is an Instructor of Cello and Chamber Music at Oklahoma City University.  He is also a very dedicated chamber musician and performs regularly as a member of the Brightmusic chamber music ensemble in Oklahoma City.  Recently he established a performing chamber ensemble of 12 cellos at Oklahoma City University called Cellovoce Ensemble, and he taught at the European Musical Workshops in Kolobrzeg, Poland.