David Cole, cello
A fourth generation musician, David Cole is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, having studied with his father Orlando Cole. His other teachers were Leonard Rose,and Zara Nelsova.
He participated in master classes with Pablo Casals and recorded Mozart trios with Rudolf Serkin and Pina Carmirelli at the Marlboro festival. He was awarded a Martha Baird Rockefeller grant and as a competition winner was twice soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the National Symphony in Washington. D.C.
He has performed for many years in Europe, Canada and the United States as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He has been a member of the Vancouver Symphony and principal cellist with the New Jersey Symphony, the Sinfonica Abruzzese in Italy, and the Florida Philharmonic.Presently, David is professor of cello and heads the chamber music department at the Conservatory of Music at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida.