David Finckel

David Finckel
David Finckel, in 2013
David Finckel, in 2013
Background information
Born (1951-12-06) December 6, 1951 (age 72)
OriginNew Jersey, US
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Cellist, arts administrator
InstrumentCello
LabelsArtistLed
Deutsche Grammophon
Music@Menlo LIVE
Websitewww.davidfinckelandwuhan.com

David Finckel (born December 6, 1951) is an American cellist and influential figure in the classical music world. The cellist for the Emerson String Quartet from 1979 to 2013, Finckel is currently the co-artistic director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York, co-founder of the independent record label ArtistLed, co-artistic director and co-founder of Music@Menlo in Silicon Valley, producer of Cello Talks, professor of cello at The Juilliard School, and visiting professor of music at Stony Brook University.[1]

Finckel frequently collaborates with pianist Wu Han. The two were married in 1985.[2] They regularly perform on the chamber music series in the United States, as well as across Europe and Asia. They also appear in trio performances with violinist Philip Setzer and clarinetist David Shifrin, and as a piano quartet with violinist Daniel Hope and violist Paul Neubauer.

  1. ^ "Bios_DF_Full". Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  2. ^ "David Finckel (Cello) - Short Biography". mail.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.