David Feldman

Twenty-eight-year-old David Feldman was born in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil, the cradle of Samba and Bossa Nova. Born into a family of classical and early-music musicians he started his musical studies very early, playing classical piano at the age of four.David would drive his piano teacher crazy, because he never stuck to what was written on the music sheet. When, at the age of ten, he heard Thelonius Monk’s “Misterioso” it became obvious that he should be playing jazz.In 2000, David fulfilled his childhood dream and moved to NYC. He enrolled in the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at the New School from which he graduated in 2002 with his BFA. Shortly following his arrival in New York, he was already working with jazz legends such as Slide Hampton and Claudio Roditi; was invited to sit in with the Mingus Big Band; worked with 2003 Grammy nominee Duduka da Fonseca as well as with brilliant young musicians like Matt Garrison and Eli Degibri. In Brasil, he plays with Leila Pinheiro, and also plays regularly in duos with veteran musicians Paulo Moura and Leo Gandelman.