Pianist David Korevaar returns to UTD on Oct 2 in the Jonsson Performance Hall. Korevaar began studies at age 6 in San Diego with Sherman Stoor and by 20 had earned a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from The Juilliard School. He has performed as guest artist with the Manhattan, Lark, Chester, Takacs, Colorado, and Shanghai Quartets. Korevaar has commissioned and premiered new works, including recordings of Ned Rorem, Lowell Liebermann, Aaron Copland, and Libby Larson.

David Korevaar, pianist, began studies at age six in San Diego with Sherman Storr, and at 13, became a student of Earl Wild, an American virtuoso. By age 20, he’d earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where he continued working with Earl Wild and studied composition with David Diamond. He also earned a Doctor of Musical Arts at Juilliard with Abbey Simon and received the Richard French award honoring his Doctoral Document on Ravel’s Miroirs. Mr. Korevaar is a member of the Prometheus Piano Quartet and was founding member of Hexagon, a Young Concert Artists piano and wind group. He’s performed as guest artist with the Takacs, Manhattan, Lark, Colorado, Chester, and Shanghai Quartets and has presented recitals in New York and across the US as well as Australia, Japan, Korea, and Europe. Mr. Korevaar has commissioned and premiered new works, including recordings of George Rochberg, Aaron Copland, Ned Rorem, Stephen Jaffe, Scott Eyerly, Libby Larson, and Lowell Liebermann. His solo recordings also include Bach’s complete Well-Tempered Clavier, works by Dohnanyi, and transcriptions of orchestral works by Liszt. Since August 2000, he’s been a member of the piano faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder.