Cellist David Bakamjian performs regularly as a recitalist, chamber player, recording artist and as a member of several New York area ensembles. He has performed at New York's premier concert halls, appeared several times on National Public Radio and WQXR (NY), and was a winner or finalist in four international chamber music competitions. While a member of the Casa Verde Trio, Mr. Bakamjian completed six critically acclaimed national tours as well as a month-long tour of China. He has appeared as soloist with the Allentown Symphony, Philharmonia Virtuosi, the Beijing Symphony, the Bachanalia Festival Orchestra, and the Lehigh University Symphony Orchestra.He performs with the American Symphony Orchestra and is principal cellist of the New York Grand Opera. In addition, he was principal cellist for the Miss Saigon theater orchestra and has served as principal cellist for the Queens Symphony, Colonial Symphony, Bachanalia and many others. An advocate for historical performance practice, Mr. Bakamjian is a member of the Long Island Baroque Ensemble and the Brooklyn Baroque. He is on the faculty at Lehigh University and is in great demand as a chamber music coach, serving on the faculties of Princeton Play Week, Summertrios, and the Summer Conference for String Education and Chamber Music at Rowen College in New Jersey where he is the director of the adult chamber music program.
After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University where he studied with Aldo Parisot, he went on to attain his Master of Music and Doctoral of Musical Arts degrees at the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he studied cello with Timothy Eddy and chamber music with Bernard Greenhouse.
Mr. Bakamjian will perform the World Premiere of Walter Skolnik’s Serenade for Cello and Orchestra with the Musica Bella Orchestra on January 23, 2005.
This bio last updated July 7, 2004