BIOGRAPHY
Violinist David Rubin is an active performer and teaching artist with wide-ranging interests on modern and historical instruments alike.
As a performer, David enjoys exploring a wide repertoire. Highlights of recent seasons encompass baroque/classical projects with period instrument ensembles (Upper Valley Baroque, Providence Baroque), 19th/20th-century chamber music on gut strings (Brahms and Stravinsky with Arpeggione Ensemble), and 20th/21st-century repertoire (Kurtág’s Kafka-Fragments, with soprano Stephanie Lamprea; G. F. Haas’ HYENA with Sound Icon; numerous premieres with Lucerne Festival Academy & Alumni) alike. David has appeared at the Lucerne, Peninsula, Banff, and Spoleto summer music festivals, and regularly performs with orchestras such as BMOP, Rhode Island Philharmonic, and New Bedford Symphony.
An experienced instructor for violin students of all ages, David maintains a busy private studio at Cambridge Music Consortium. Previous faculty positions include musiConnects, Community MusicWorks, and Community Music Center of Boston. David was a 2021-23 META fellowship receipient (Massachusetts Cultural Council/Klarman Foundation). In recent years, he has served as an adjudicator (MMEA All-State), presented masterclasses (University of Massachusetts, Lawrence University), and taught at summer festivals (Superior String Alliance).
David grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, where he studied violin with Kristin Cappelli-Hedlund and participated in pre-college (Merit School of Music, Chicago Youth Symphony), summer (Interlochen), and public school orchestra programs. He continued his studies with Sharan Leventhal at Boston Conservatory, Wen-Lei Gu at Lawrence University, and Johannes Leertouwer at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. David performs on instruments by American luthiers Nathan Keck, Jeffrey Madry, and Timothy Johnson.