PERFORMANCE

In addition to his work as a composer, David is a pianist known for his advocacy of new music. He frequently performs both as a soloist and with ensembles such as Out of Context, Ossia, and Eastman's Musica Nova. David's current projects include recitals with oboist Alison Lowell and performances of his own compositions and transcriptions, along with other new music, with the Los Angeles-based ensemble Out of Context. David is always interested in new performance projects, especially if they involve newly composed music or interesting programs of "Romantic"-era music by Liszt and his contemporaries.

Here is a sampling of his recent work as a pianist:

• Performances of new and 20th century music at Eastman, 2003-2007 (piano/harpsichord/keyboards, with Musica Nova, Ossia, and as a soloist):
  • Mark Applebaum: Integrity
  • Jacob Bancks: Music for a While [World Premiere]
  • Matthew Barber: Diploid [World Premiere]
  • Pierre Boulez : Sur Incises
  • Christopher Brakel: Here Among the Bones [World Premiere]; Deploration
  • Benjamin Britten: Temporal Variations
  • John Cage: Music for…; Credo in US
  • Winnie Cheung: Mountain Glimpse [World Premiere]
  • George Crumb: Zeitgeist
  • Beat Furrer: Nuun [North American Premiere]
  • Margaret Henry: Le Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris: Hommage a Leoninus
  • Vera Ivanova: Escape
  • Charles Ives: Three Quarter-tone Pieces for Two Pianos
  • Magnus Lindberg: De Tartuffe, je crois…
  • David Liptak: The Passing of Memory
  • Robert Morris: Coming Down to Earth [World Premiere]
  • Ryan Oldham: Wanderlust
  • Christopher Otto: Cynosures [World Premiere]
  • David Plylar: The Triumph of Sisyphus; Phantom Vignettes [World Premiere]; Fractured Colloquy [World Premiere]
  • Bernard Rands: Canti Lunatici
  • Steve Reich: Piano Phase; Daniel Variations
  • Wolfgang Rihm: Gejagte Form
  • Andrew Rudin: Memories of Texas Towns and Cities
  • Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez: Luciérnagas
  • Kaija Saariaho: Amers
  • Arnold Schoenberg: Herzgewächse
  • Anton Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra (chamber version)
    
• Performed Steve Reich’s Daniel Variations with the Slee Sinfonietta under his supervision at the June in Buffalo Festival (June, 2007)
  
• Performed new and transcribed works with oboe/piano duo Out of Context, as part of a multi-city tour including Chicago, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Kansas City and Rochester (Spring 2007)
  
• Guest pianist with the Proper Glue Duo ( University of Maryland at Baltimore, 10/13/2005)
  
• Pianist for Ossia, Ensemble-in-residence at the Primer Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea de Michoacán ( Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, 5/31-6/4, 2004)