David Waterman
David Waterman, Great Britain
David Waterman studied philosophy at the Cambridge University (MA, PhD). In 1979, he was a founding member of the Endellion Quartet, which has performed all over the world, broadcast countless times on BBC Radio and TV, and recorded for EMI, Virgin Classics, ASV, and Pearl. They recently recorded the complete cycle of Beethoven quartets for Warner Classics, followed by recordings of Schubert, Haydn and Britten. The Edellion Quartet has been in Residence at Cambridge University for twenty-two years and in 1996, it was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Chamber Ensemble.
David Waterman has performed chamber music with members of the former Amadeus Quartet, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Joshua Bell, the Chilingirian, Belcea and Elias Quartets, Michael Collins, Imogen Cooper, Jeremy Denk, Isabelle Faust, Julia Fischer, Ivry Gitlis, Steven Isserlis, Mark Padmore, Sandor Vegh, and Tabea Zimmerman.
He has taught at the Menuhin School, the RNCM, Manchester, the RAM, the Guildhall, the Menuhin Academy at Gstaad and the IMS at Prussia Cove. In July 2012, he gave a masterclass at Wigmore Hall as part of the celebrations of IMS's 40th anniversary. He has also participated in the IMS Tour. David Waterman coaches chamber music for ChamberStudio at King’s Place, London, and has taught chamber music for IMUSE in Enghien, Belgium, and for the Britten-Pears Foundation in Aldeburgh.