David Poro 

 

Cello

France

David Poro, a cellist since the age of 4, pursues a career as a professional musician on French and European stages. He obtained all his awards at the Dijon Conservatory before the age of 16 under the direction of Christian Wolff (Manfred Quartet), before winning the Concours d'Excellence of the Confédération Musicale de France at 18 with the congratulations of the jury. He also became a fellow of the prestigious Williamson Foundation, then continued his professional studies at the Académie Supérieure de Musique de Strasbourg (HEAR) and at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne (HEMU), guided by his mentors F. Salque, E. Böcker and M.-D. Thirault.

David's career is varied and rich in diverse activities:

• As a soloist, he has had the privilege of performing on several occasions with orchestras, performing works such as the concertos of Haydn, Saint-Saëns, Elgar, Schumann, Rota, and notably Tchaikovsky under the baton of T. Guschlbauer.
• Chamber music, a lifelong passion, he founded several professional ensembles in Alsace, such as the Adastra Quartet and the Strasbourg Chamber Orchestra. Invited to many formations, he has traveled a vast repertoire of chamber music, in very varied styles, allowing him to play in large halls and festivals. In 2022, he joined the Ensemble des Chambristes in Switzerland.
• In orchestra, he is invited to play in major national institutions (Orchestras and Operas), and is also solo cellist of the Strasbourg Chamber Orchestra, the Lutetia Orchestra, and solo substitute at the Orchestre des Lauréats du Conservatoire (CNSMDP). He also performs with numerous baroque music ensembles.
• Teaching, he has been teaching cello in the Strasbourg area for many years.

David is always passionate about musical diversity and discovering new ways of playing. Classically trained, he likes to venture into the world of theater, improvise in the world of jazz and contemporary music, and compose/arrange for classical and often more unusual formations. Active in the field of contemporary music, he has had the chance to experiment and perform pieces for extended instruments, opening up to the integration of new technologies into the cello repertoire.

Today he plays on an instrument by Günter Siefert, a bow by Stéphane Thomachot and with Corelli Solea strings from the Savarez company.