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 as
well as 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 and Co-chairman of
Strings at Manhattan School of Music, as well as a member
of the School’s cello and chamber music faculties.
He has 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. In Summer
2007, Mr. Geber will teach in the Chamber Music Program
of the Tanglewood Music Center. He has recorded for
Albany Records, Capstone Records, CRI, Musical Heritage
Society, New World Records, Nonesuch Records, and RCA.
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 Walter W. Naumburg Foundation,
the Violoncello Society and the American Friends of
Kronberg Academy. His cello is a rare G. B. Ruggieri,
made in Cremona in 1667.
Manhattan School of Music Faculty member since 1984. |
