Cello
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 Juilliard, where his principal teachers were Ronald Leonard and Claus Adam. 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.
A founder of the American String Quartet, he played with the group from 1974 to 2002. As a soloist, he has appeared at Tanglewood and the Aspen Music Festival and School, as well as with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Montreal Symphony Orchestra. A strong supporter of new music, he has premiered numerous works for cello and varied chamber music ensembles, and has recorded for CRI, RCA, Musical Heritage Society, New World Records, Nonesuch Records, Albany Records, and Capstone Records.
Mr. Geber serves as dean of faculty at the Manhattan School of Music, and has been a member of the school's cello and chamber music faculties since 1984. He has also been a faculty artist at the Aspen Music Festival and School since 1976 and regularly teaches at Tanglewood. Mr. Geber has adjudicated for major international string competitions, including Bordeaux, Evian, and Naumburg, and is vice president of the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation. He also serves on the board of the Kronberg Cello Academy. His instrument is a rare G.B. Ruggieri cello, made in Cremona in 1667.
He has been a member of the Music Academy faculty since 2005.