| BIOGRAPHY David Eggert is a young Canadian cellist with a blossoming international performing career. Known for a dominating stage presence and imaginative interpretation, he has an inventive approach to the traditional repertoire while fostering a strong commitment to musical creation of our time. Solo appearances in Europe and North America herald the 25-year old as an upcoming talent. Eggert won first prize and five special awards at the 2008 International Cello Competition Antonio Janigro in Zagreb, and received an honorary award at the Naumburg International Cello Competition in New York. Born in Edmonton in 1985, Eggert was cellistically raised by Tanya Prochazka, with whom he studied for thirteen years. At the age of 16, he won first prize at both the Canadian Music Competition and the National Music Festival playing string quartet, and toured Canada as principal cellist of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. He spent summers at masterclasses in Banff and Orford, and later in Switzerland and Germany, studying with renowned pedagogues such as Anner Bylsma, Frans Helmerson, Miklos Perenyi, and Aldo Parisot. After high school, he studied for two years in Boston with Lawrence Lesser. He then moved to Montreal, embarking on studies with the dynamic and trail-breaking cellist Matt Haimovitz. Focusing on twentieth- century repertoire, he won first prize at the 2006 Eckhardt-Grammaté Competition for Canadian Music, and completed a successful tour of 18 Canadian cities as part of the grand prize. He also won first prizes at the ARAM competition in Repentigny, Québec, and the Young Performer’s Competition in Elora, Ontario. Eggert currently lives in Salzburg, Austria, where he is teaching assistent at the Mozarteum to Clemens Hagen of the Hagen String Quartet. He plays a 1871 Niccolo Bianchi cello, generously loaned to him by the German Music Foundation. Please
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