Edward Luengo
Cello
Email: celloluengo@gmail.com
Phone: (813) 974-2311
Office: MUS
Venezuelan-American cellist Edward Luengo joined the USF Music Faculty as Adjunct
Professor of Cello in 2025. He is a devoted interpreter of the classical masterworks
lauded for his performances full of musical fantasy. 鈥淎 strong and endearing performer, already a partner of the greatest in the United
States; Body gathered on the instrument, explosive temperament, intoxicating sound,
exacerbated contrasts, almost furious phrasing, he bursts the stage鈥� (Diapason Magazine).
Luengo has performed as a soloist or chamber musician at the Rheingau Musik Festival,
Music for Food, Kronberg Festival, Music from Salem, Brussels Cello Festival, and
the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad by invitation from internationally-acclaimed cellist
Steven Isserlis. His artistry has led him to receive various honors including the
First Prize of the Concurso J贸venes Int茅rpretes, Third Prize of the IX Carlos Prieto
International Cello Competition, Festival Ravel Chamber Music Prize, First Prize of
the III Buchet International Cello Competition, and a featured performance at the
BOZAR Centre for the Arts in Brussels. As a soloist, he maintains virtually every
major work of the cello repertoire and continues to expand the range of the instrument
by committing to works and collaborations with today鈥檚 composers such as Andrea Casarrubios,
Guillaume Connesson, Olli Mustonen, Diana Syrse and Hilda Paredes.
Born in Miami to parents from Venezuela, Edward is the first musician from a family
of pilots. He began cello lessons at the age of six and later studied at the Manhattan
School of Music and the Kronberg Academy. His principal teachers and mentors include
Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Philippe Muller, Heasook Rhee, Sylvia Rosenberg, Frans Helmerson,
and Steven Isserlis.