David Finckel was born on December 6,1951 and is an American cellist and influential figure in the classical music world.
14 Facts About David Finckel
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The cellist for the Emerson String Quartet from 1979 to 2013, Finckel is currently the co-artistic director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York, co-founder of the independent record label ArtistLed, co-artistic director and co-founder of Music@Menlo in Silicon Valley, producer of Cello Talks, professor of cello at the Juilliard School, and visiting professor of music at Stony Brook University.
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At 17, David Finckel played for Mstislav Rostropovich, and soon after became the great cellist's first American pupil.
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David Finckel's studies spanned a nine-year period, culminating in a performance of Prokofiev's Sinfonia Concertante with the Basel Symphony under Rostropovich's direction.
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David Finckel was the first winner of the New England Conservatory Piatigorsky Artist Award, chosen from an international field for his excellence as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher.
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David Finckel is a controlling participant in every aspect of the recording process, from selecting the repertoire and recording venue to setting the sound, running the sessions, constructing the edits, and determining the final mix.
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In 2003, David Finckel co-founded Music@Menlo with pianist Wu Han, an annual chamber music festival and institute in Silicon Valley that brings to the San Francisco Bay Area a lineup of accomplished musicians, scholars, educators, and musicologists, as well as a roster of gifted young artists, for an immersive three-week chamber music experience in the summer.
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David Finckel was instrumental in the formation of Music@Menlo's live recording series, Music@Menlo LIVE, which commercially releases live recordings from the festival each year.
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In 2002, David Finckel developed and trademarked AudioNotes, an innovative complement to program notes.
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For two decades, with the Emerson String Quartet, David Finckel taught at the University of Hartford's Hartt School.
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David Finckel joined the faculty of Stony Brook University in 2002 as a member of the Emerson String Quartet; today he continues to coach chamber music there, lead master classes, and provide instrumental instruction.
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David Finckel is on the faculty of the Juilliard School since 2012.
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David Finckel has presented master classes at venerable institutions throughout the world and for many years taught alongside the late Isaac Stern at Carnegie Hall and the Jerusalem Music Centre.
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David Finckel participates in various educational outreach programs across the country.