Theodore Buchholz is the cello professor and head of strings at the University of Arizona. Described by newspaper critics as a “virtuosic cellist” with a “warm beautiful sound,” he has performed in prominent venues from New York’s Lincoln Center to international halls in Italy and Tokyo. Buchholz’s album Afterglow features Henry Hadley’s complete works for cello and piano and received a coveted five-star rating from Fanfare Magazine. His recording of the Hans Winterberg Cello Sonata was released under the Toccata label in 2018, and he is a member of True Concord whose CD recording won a 2016 Grammy Award.

As a nationally recognized researcher, Dr. Buchholz served as the Cello Forum Editor for American String Teacher. A fervent believer in the power of music education to transform lives, he is the Director of the University of Arizona String Project. During the summers he performs and teaches at the Killington Music Festival in Vermont and the Zephyr Music Festival in Courmayeur, Italy. Theodore Buchholz is the recipient of the Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award and he received the Charles and Irene Putnam Award, the College’s most prestigious recognition of excellence in teaching. Dr. Buchholz studied with Bonnie Hampton, Sadao Harada, and Nathaniel Rosen.