Theodore Soluri, has been the principal bassoonist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra since the fall of 2005. Prior to his appointment, he held the same position with the Canton Symphony Orchestra (Ohio), the Akron Symphony Orchestra, and the Wheeling Symphony (West Virginia).

As a soloist, Mr. Soluri has performed numerous works with orchestra, including Mozart’s Concerto for Bassoon, Carl Maria von Weber’s Bassoon Concerto, Ferdinand David’s Concertino, Richard Strauss’s Duett-concertino, and Michael Daugherty’s Dead Elvis. This past October, he performed Mozart’s Concerto for Bassoon while on tour with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and he has been asked to play the concerto again with the MSO on subscription concerts in the beginning of the 2006-2007 season.

Throughout his career, Mr. Soluri has attended many music festivals, including the National Repertory Orchestra, The National Orchestral Institute, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. In 1994, he was privileged to work under Sir Georg Solti at Carnegie Hall as a member of the Solti Orchestral Project. In the summer of 2005, Mr. Soluri was invited to play principal for three weeks at The Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. While there he also played on several chamber music concerts.

Mr. Soluri has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he had the opportunity to perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for their East Coast Tour to Washington DC, Philadelphia, and Carnegie Hall in May of 2005.

Recently, Mr. Soluri was invited to perform a recital at the 2006 International Double Reed Society conference in Muncie, Indiana.

Mr. Soluri received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Florida State University and his Master of Music degree from The Cleveland Institute of Music. His teachers were John Hunt, Jeffrey Keesecker and David McGill.

Aside from his position with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Soluri also teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and at Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.

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