1. David Phillips' interpretations of composers as varied as Mozart,
Beethoven and Schubert have garnered him wide acclaim and
invitations to appear with notable institutions such as The Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Philharmonic, The St. Petersburg
Philharmonic Orchestra, The San Antonio Symphony and The
Dubrovnik Symphony. He has performed under such conductors as
Zubin Mehta, Sir Colin Davis, Kurt Sanderling, Ruben Asatrian, Michael
Morgan, Vincent Zitto, Zlatan Srzic. Mr. Phillips has also performed in
venerable concert halls such as Musikverein, Vienna; The Royal
Festival Hall, London; Khachiturian Hall, Armenia; and Rector's Palace,
Croatia. In the U.S., he has performed at Carnegie Hall; The Warton
Center for The Performing Arts, Lansing, Michigan; Watson Fine Arts
Center Theater, San Antonio Texas; Krannert Center for the Performing
Arts, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois; The Yachats Music Festival, Oregon,
and many others.
Phillips' mastery of the piano has also been noted by the U.S.
Department of State. Its Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
invited him to appear on international tours to Armenia, Croatia,
Brazil, Chile, Argentina, China and Hong Kong. In addition to
performing solo recitals on these tours, Phillips appeared as a soloist
with both the Armenian Philharmonic and the Dubrovnik Symphony. He
also led master classes at the Sayat Nova Music Academy and the
Zagreb Conservatory in Croatia.
Recently, Phillips performed on the Rite of Spring Great Performers
Concert series in New York City. He has also given solo recitals at the
Old First Concert Series in San Francisco, Florida's Key West Pops
Orchestra, the Donnell Library Concert Series as well as Trinity Concert
Series, both in New York City.
Mr. Phillips has led master classes at notable schools such as Yale
University, Eastman School of Music, University of Illinois, Sayat Nova
Music Academy in Armenia, among others. Mr. Phillips was the winner
of two concerto competitions: The Juilliard School's Concerto
Competition, and the University of Michigan's Student concerto
competition.
David Phillips is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
and New York's The Juilliard School. He was the recipient of a full
scholarship at both schools and has studied under Daniel and Marilyn
Eller, Alfred Brendel, Dady Mehta, Peter Serkin, Arthur Balsam and
Jeanne Stark-Iochmanns.