David Eggert appears in concert halls as soloist and chamber musician from St. Petersburg and Istanbul to Boston and Vienna to critical acclaim and disdain, re-evaluating the traditional canon, improvising, studying, making art music more open, finding the forgotten, neglected gems, and following the spirit of creativity in old and new compositions. Eggert won first prizes at the 2008 international cello competition Antonio Janigro in Zagreb and received honorary awards at the naumburg international cello competition in New York.
Eggert grew up in Sherwood Park, Canada, and grew up singing in choirs and playing chamber music, first in the family string quartet and later with professional ensembles. He recently co-established the Trio Grisart, a group intent on elevating the standard string trio repertoire to that of the quartet, as well as actively promoting unjustly neglected and contemporary compositions.
He has collaborated in the past with Marino Formenti, Rainer Schmidt, Veronika Hagen, Benjamin Schmid, Menachem Pressler, Pavel Gililov, and members of the Vienna Piano Trio.
An adamant proponent of sounds and concepts of the contemporary art music, he has appeared in festivals in Europe, North America, and the middle east, performing world premiers, working with composers, and experimenting with kindred pioneers of new music.