David Felberg, violin

    Violinist David Feldberg is currently Associate Concertmaster of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and has recently been appointed concertmaster of the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra. A native of Albuquerque, he performs regularly throughout the Southwest as concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. He has appeared as a soloist with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Palo Alto Philharmonic, Albuquerque Philharmonic, Noisy Neighbors Chamber Orchestra, Tucson Symphony, and the Chautauqua Music School Festival Orchestra. Felberg has performed solo recitals in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Clovis, Portales, and most recently on the Outstanding Artists Recital Series for the Emerald City Opera in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He made his New York debut in Merkin Hall in the spring of 2005.
    Also active as a conductor, Felberg is currently the 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.
    He received a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Arizona, a Master of Music in instrumental conducting from the University of New Mexico, and has taken advanced string quartet studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In the summer of 2000, Felberg was invited to attend 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.