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Cellist David Agia enjoys a varied performing career as a chamber musician, recitalist, and orchestral player. He has performed in major concert venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Palacio de Festivales, Symphony Space NYC, Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal, and many others. In the Philadelphia/NY metro area he has performed with the Allentown Symphony, Light Opera of New Jersey, New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra, and Plainfield Symphony. Additionally, he has toured extensively internationally, performing throughout Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, and Mexico. He has participated in numerous festivals and masterclasses including the Orvieto Festival of Strings in Orvieto, Italy, the Conservatoire Américain in Fontainbleau, France, the Savonlinna Summer Music Academy in Savonlinna, Finland, and the Virtuoso and Belcanto Festival in Lucca, Italy.

David is also an active pedagogue, teaching cello throughout NJ. His students have been members of regional and All-State orchestras, and have won multiple prizes in competitions, performing in Carnegie Hall. He completed his Bachelor of Music at Rutgers University studying with Jonathan Spitz and his Master of Music at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln in Cologne, Germany studying with Hans-Christian Schweiker. He is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts in Cello Performance at the University of Maryland, studying with Dr. Eric Kutz.

Education:

• Master of Music, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Cologne, Germany
• Bachelor of Music, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ