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David Requiro is emerging as one of today's most promising young cellists. At age 23, he has already captured First Prizes at the 2008 Walter W. Naumburg International Violoncello Competition, the Irving M. Klein International String Competition and the Washington International String Competition as well as the inaugural National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloists' Competition. In addition, he captured a top prize at the Gaspar Cassadó International Violoncello Competition in Hachioji, Japan, where he was also awarded the prize for the best performances of the works by Gaspar Cassadó at that competition.

This season, Mr. Requiro will be making concerto appearances with the Santa Fe Symphony and the Marin Symphony Orchestra. He will be performing in recital in Boston, New York, and San Francisco. In February 2009 he will complete the cycle of Beethoven Sonatas for Cello and Piano at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.

His previous appearances as a soloist were with the National Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Symphony Pro Musica in Boston. He has also appeared with the Santa Cruz County Symphony and with several orchestras in California and Ohio.

Actively involved in contemporary music, Mr. Requiro has collaborated with composers Krzysztof Penderecki and Bright Sheng, as well as with members of the Aspen Percussion Ensemble, giving the Aspen Music Festival premiere of Tan Dun’s concerto for cello and percussion, titled Elegy: Snow in June. He has also performed the European premieres of Lou Harrison’s Suite for Cello and Orchestra on tour to Italy with the Crowden School Orchestra.

As the cellist of the Kashii String Quartet, he has served on faculty at the Innsbrook Music Festival and Institute. The quartet was the Silver Medalist in both the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition. They have also recorded Aaron J. Kernis’s 100 Greatest Dance Hits with guitarist David Tanenbaum on the Blackbox label. Mr. Requiro has worked with members of the Emerson, Takacs, Borromeo, Brentano, Orion, St. Lawrence, and Juilliard String Quartets, as well as Isaac Stern in the 2001 “Stern Encounters” master class series. In addition, he has collaborated with artists such as Atar Arad, Peter Frankl, Mikhail Kopelman, Cynthia Phelps, Gil Sharon, and the Cavani String Quartet. A former member of the New York Strings Seminar, Mr. Requiro has also performed in the Aspen Music Festival, Emerson String Quartet Seminar, Music@Menlo, Perlman Chamber Music Program, and Giverny Chamber Music Festival. This past summer, he performed at Strings in the Mountains Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Mr. Requiro is currently a member of the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players in New York City.

Mr. Requiro is currently pursuing his Master of Music degree at the University of Michigan under the tutelage of Richard Aaron. He received his Bachelor of Music degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music. A native of Oakland, CA, he began the cello at age six and has studied with Dina Weinschelbaum, Milly Rosner, Bonnie Hampton, and Mark Churchill. He has also worked closely with Michel Strauss. He has attended the Crowden School and the Walnut Hill School for the Arts. For four seasons, Mr. Requiro was principal cellist of both the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Boston.

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