Lukas David (violin)Born in Austria, David is the son of the distinguished Austrian composer Johann Nepomuk David.
Studied at the Leipzig Conservatory and Salzburg Mozarteum with Nathan Milstein and Tibor Varga.
In 1959 he started teaching violin at the Musikhochschule in Vienna. In 1966 he became a Professor at the North West Germany Musikakademie in Detmold.
Since 1956 he has a very busy concert career as soloist, chamber musician and orchestra conductor in all European and Near Eastern countries, in USA, South America and South Africa.
He has been recording with Deutsche Grammophon, Elektrola and Supraphon. Lukas David is very much interested in contemporary music. He has given the first world performances of many new works dedicated to him. His repertoire includes almost all the classical, romantic and contemporary works composed for violin.
