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David Selig
David Selig is a passionate eclectic artist with an international career as soloist,
chamber musician and song recitalist.
Born in Melbourne, Australia, David began piano lessons at the age of six, later
also learning cello and percussion. In 1976 he moved to Paris where he studied
at the Conservatoire with Aldo Ciccolini. He pursued further studies with Guido
Agosti and Geoffrey Parsons and subsequently won prizes at the Sydney piano
competition and the inaugural accompaniment competition in the Hague.
As soloist Mr Selig has performed in many of the great concert halls – Wigmore
Hall, Concertgebouw, Carnegie Recital Hall… His love of chamber music has led
him to collaborate with many renowned artists. He performs with singers such
as Felicity Lott, Christianne Stotijn, Sandrine Piau, Mady Mesplé, Véronique Gens,
Ingrid Perruche, Nathalie Stutzmann, Udo Reinemann, Elly Ameling, Teresa
Berganza, François le Roux, and instrumental partners include Gary Hoffman,
Philippe Graffin, Marc Coppey, Régis Pasquier, Jane Peters and Noël Lee.
In 1989 he participated in the inaugural recital series at the Bastille Opéra, and
his début recording (Villa-Lobos) was released. He has recorded the leitmotifs of
Wagner’s Ring for EMI. Further recordings appear on Adda, REM (with François le
Roux) Forlane and Globe. His performance of Liszt’s Via Crucis has recently been
re-released to wide acclaim.
Mr. Selig performs regularly in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, as
well as the Unites States and the Far East. He conducts masterclasses in chamber
music and insong repertoire. In2011 hewas appointedProfessor of accompaniment
at the Conservatoire National de Lyon, and he is artistic director of the chamber
music Festival“
Les Journées Romantiques
”, held on a Parisian barge.