David Geber

Cello

Genres: Classical

BIO

David Geber had his early musical training in Los Angeles, where he was raised in a family of professional cellists. He studied at the Eastman School of Music and The Juilliard School, from which he holds bachelor of music and master of music degrees. His principal teachers included Claus Adam and Ronald Leonard. Mr. Geber has been the recipient of numerous cello and chamber music awards, including the Walter W. Naumburg Award and the Coleman Chamber Music Prize. He has appeared as soloist at Tanglewood and Aspen, as well as with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Montreal Symphony. A strong supporter of new music, he has premiered numerous works for cello and varied chamber music combinations. As a founding member of the American String Quartet he concertized with that ensemble for twenty eight years, giving up to 100 annual concerts and performing regularly in most major musical centers of the world. In 2002, Mr. Geber retired from the Quartet, in order to direct more attention to music administration and teaching.

He is currently Dean of Performance at Manhattan School of Music, as well as a member of the School’s cello and chamber music faculties. He has also been artist/ faculty with the Aspen Music Festival and school for over three decades. He also enjoys an ongoing relationship as teacher and performer with the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, CA. He has recorded for CRI, RCA, Musical Heritage Society, New World Records, Nonesuch Records, Albany Records, and Capstone Records.

Mr. Geber frequently gives recitals and master classes in North America and has adjudicated for major international string competitions, including Bordeaux, Evian, and Naumburg. He was recently keynote speaker for the American Society of Hand Therapists. He is on the board of directors of the Violoncello Society and the American Friends of Kronberg Academy.

His cello is a rare G. B. Ruggieri, made in Cremona in 1667.