David Felberg
violin
Violinist David Felberg is Concertmaster of the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as concerto soloist with the New Mexico Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Palo Alto Philharmonic, Albuquerque Philharmonic, and the Balcones Orchestra in Austin, TX. The Albuquerque native has also performed solo recitals in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Clovis, Portales, and as a chamber musician with the Albuquerque Chamber Soloists, Church of Beethoven, Santa Fe New Music, and Serenata of Santa Fe. In the spring of 2005, he made his New York recital debut in Merkin Hall.
Felberg is the Co-Music Director of Church of Beethoven, an innovative Sunday morning series highlighting music and poetry that has been featured on NPR and in the Los Angeles Times. The multi-faceted musician is also Music Director of the Albuquerque Philharmonic, assistant conductor of the University of New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and founder and conductor of Chatter, a chamber ensemble dedicated to performing 20th and 21st century chamber orchestra repertoire.
Felberg received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Arizona and a Master of Music in instrumental conducting from the University of New Mexico. He has also taken advanced string quartet studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and attended the prestigious American Academy of Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival, where he worked with maestros David Zinman and Murray Sidlin, and with renowned conducting pedagogue Jorma Panula.
