As we approach the end of Season 2 2023, regular mentor Coady Green is joined by guest mentor cellist David Berlin.

David studied cello with Lois Simpson at the Sydney Conservatorium and with Channing Robbins at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.

For over 30 years David has been at the forefront of music performance in Australia, as Principal Cello of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (1985 – 1988) and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (since 1989).

David has made numerous appearances as soloist with these and other Australian orchestras and has been invited to play guest Principal Cello with the Sydney and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Australian World Orchestra.

In London in 1992, David gave the world premier performance of the complete works for cello and piano by Franz Liszt, with Leslie Howard.

David has performed chamber music with violinists Kolja Blacher, James Ehnes, Nigel Kennedy and Sarah Chang and pianists Garrick Ohlsson, Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman, as well as tenor Ian Bostridge.

He has appeared in numerous festivals, and in chamber music projects has toured to Japan, Taiwan and New Zealand.

Along with solo recordings for ABC radio he has appeared as soloist on the Tall Poppies, ABC Classic and Decca labels.

His recital disc Barber & Debussy with pianist Len Vorster on the Tall Poppies label was nominated by James McCarthy as one of the best Classical CDs of 2011 in Limelight magazine.

More recently his recording of French Cello Sonatas with pianist Benjamin Martin on the ABC Classic label has been very positively received including Limelight Editor’s Choice 2021 and significant streaming activity on Spotify.

David plays on a cello made by Ivan Zgradic in California in 1982.

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