David Cerutti

Viola

David Cerutti thrives on a diverse musical life encompassing chamber music, recording, orchestral and solo performances, as well as composition. A resident of New York City, he is core and principal violist with St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and appears regularly in the US and abroad with groups such as Orpheus and The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. A former member of the Smithson String Quartet, he is a founding member of Trigon and has been guest artist with the Brentano String Quartet and the Cygnus Ensemble. He is a regular participant in the Helicon Concert series in New York, and performed as featured soloist in the Double Exposure series at the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. He collaborated with members of Archibudelli on a recording of the Mendelssohn and Gade string octets, for the Sony Classical label.

His unedited performance of Bach's Sixth Brandenburg Concerto was chosen by National Public Radio as one of seven best live recordings of Bach from "Performance Today", and was subsequently released as a CD. This fall, he will pr emiere solo and chamber works for the Interpretations Series in New York City. He earned his Master’s Degree at the Mannes College of Music, where he was a student of Karen Tuttle.