Described as an "artist of refined taste and musicianship" (The Strad Magazine), and a "superior instrumentalist" (Harris Goldsmith, New York Concert Review), Louise Dubin’s solo performances take her throughout the US and Europe.  Recent appearances include recitals in South Carolina in February 2024 (more scheduled in NC and SC in 2025), the 2023 premier performance of Roger Stubblefield’s cello concerto “Divertissement” in Queens, recitals in Paris at the American Cathedral, Salle Gaveau and CRR, at the Festival de Violoncelle de Beauvais, as well as in New York City at Lincoln Center and Columbia’s Maison Française. She’s also appeared at Trinity Church, BargeMusic, Caramoor and Piccolo Spoleto in concert with Julia Bruskin, Philippe Muller, Reiko Uchida and Andrew Armstrong, and was guest chamber musician in concerts with Daniel Hope (Savannah Music Festival), Stephanie Chase, Raphaël Pidoux, the Artaria String Quartet, and the Garth Newel Piano Quartet. As the cellist on Stefon Harris’ African Tarantella album (Blue Note Records, 2006), she performed in Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Hall, the Jazz Standard, and many other venues.  She has also toured the US as cellist of the Core Ensemble (with actor, percussionist and pianist).

Louise has served as Principal Cellist of Auckland Philharmonia, guest Solo Cellist of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, and Principal Cellist of the Charleston Symphony, where her concerto with that orchestra was lauded as "virtuosic...and soothing, calming the soul" (Charleston Post and Courier). Her current orchestral work is closer to home, and includes work as first cellist of Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular Orchestra, solo cellist of Room on Broadway, and playing with symphonies including Baltimore Symphony and New Jersey Symphony.  She was the solo cellist of Paramour on Broadway (Cirque de Soleil), and cellist on Harry Connick Jr.'s Cole Porter on Broadway, and plays/has played on many other Broadway shows.

Louise has been interviewed multiple times on radio shows including Classical Tracks (APR syndicate), Classical Classroom (NPR), WKCR-FM, and will be interviewed for the CelloSherpa podcast later this year. Her live performances of Franchomme and solo Bach have also been featured on NPR on Performance Today broadcasts.

Louise is a renowned performer of Auguste Franchomme’s works, and 2024 sees the release of her second solo album, featuring more world premiere recordings with French compositions ranging from Franchomme’s era up to the present day. Her Grammy-nominated album The Franchomme Project (Delos, 2015) has been acclaimed in publications in Canada, France, the UK, and the US. Strings Magazine calls the album a "rare musical treat" that "unfolds with radiant energy." The album was chosen by San Francisco’s KDFC-FM as a "Favorite of 2015," by Naxos as a "Best 2015 Release from Independent Labels," and it continues to be heard on air worldwide. Her research on Auguste Franchomme has led to other projects, including the invitation from Dover Publications to compile and introduce Selected Works for Cello and Piano by Auguste Franchomme (May 2017). Forthcoming publications include an article for the NIFC in Warsaw and her transcriptions of some of Franchomme’s unfinished manuscripts.

Louise has played on many Broadway shows, including: Sunset Boulevard (2024), Water for Elephants solo cello (2024), Aladdin solo cello (2022-present), Camelot (2023), New York New York solo cello (2023), and previously on Kiss Me Kate, My Fair Lady, Anastasia, Miss Saigon, Finding Neverland, Gigi, On the Town, Matilda, Chaplin, Ragtime, Hairspray, and The Scarlet Pimpernel.

She earned her BA in English Literature from Columbia University, where she wrote many poems and hosted a radio show on WKCR, while studying the cello at Juilliard with Aldo Parisot. As a graduate student, she was awarded fellowships at Tanglewood and Norfolk, and also studied at Prussia Cove and Aldeburgh with Steven Isserlis, Ralph Kirshbaum and William Pleeth. In 2011 she earned a doctoral degree from Indiana University, where she was awarded the Eva Janzer scholarship to study with Janos Starker.

Since then, she’s taught cello masterclasses at many universities including Sam Houston State, Grand Valley State, University of Connecticut, University of Virginia, Wichita State, North Greenville University, and Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, and has presented lectures connected to her research at New York University, Arizona State University, and Indiana University, among others. She has taught cello and chamber music at Auckland University and Julliard Pre‐College, and currently teaches at Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, Greenwich House School of Music in New York City, Hoff-Barthelson Music School in Scarsdale, and privately. She was also hired by Miramax to coach Allison Williams and Logan Browning play the cello in the movie The Perfection. Please send performance, teaching and lecturing inquiries via this form.

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