Artist Profile
Wolfgang DavidBorn in 1971 at St. Pölten, a city not far from Vienna, David was admitted to the preliminary course of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, at the age of eight. There, he studied under Rainer Küchl, the former concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He carried on studying under Prof. Igor Ozim at the University of Music and Dance, Cologne, and under Prof. Yfra Nieman at the Guildhall School of Music and Dance, London.
Being the winner of various competitions and prizes, David played as a guest soloist with celebrated orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna, the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, et al. Major halls where he performed include; Konzerthaus and Musikverein Hall in Vienna, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Wigmore Hall in London.
David's concert at the Great Assembly Hall of the United Nations, New York, in the presence of the then Secretary General Kofi Annan, and another concert in Bangkok given for the queen of Thailand illuminated his career.
The Washington Post praised his performance that he "scaled the heights of musicmaking", and The Strad, a British magazine in London, described his playing "as emotionally wide-ranging as one could hope for".
David uses a violin built in 1724 by Carlo Bergonzi, on exclusive loan to him from the Austrian National Bank.
Genre: ClassicActive Area: Europe
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