Banff International String Quartet Competition

He currently serves as assistant professor of viola at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music.

A founding member of the Afiara String Quartet, David and his colleagues earned top prizes at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, the Banff International String Quartet Competition, and the Concert Artists Guild Competition.

Their achievements also earned them the prestigious Young Canadian Musicians Award.

He was a member of the Ensemble MidtVest in Denmark and served as associate principal viola of the Auckland Philharmonia in New Zealand.

Yeah.

So your quartet won the first prize at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, which is one of the most prestigious quartet competitions in the world.

What would you say that win did for the ensemble practically and psychologically? And how did it change your sense of where the quartet was headed?

Yeah, the Banff competition was a huge, huge milestone for us.