David Heiss

David Heiss enjoys a multi-faceted performance career as soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist. He is a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and principal cellist of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall as well as a sought-after guest principal for many New York City area ensembles. As a result of winning the Artists International Competition and being presented in his Carnegie Recital Hall debut, he has appeared as concerto soloist and recitalist in a wide range of repertory including the American premieres of concertos by Irving Robbin and Theodore Antoniou, and the world premiere of the Robert Manno Cello Sonata, which was dedicated to him. He is a founding member of the OMNI Piano Quartet, and is a frequent guest artist and teacher at music festivals throughout the eastern United Sates. He was involved in the conception and development of the Broadway production of The Elephant Man as composer and arranger of incidental music for the Tony Award winning play, and performed on Broadway and throughout the United States as the on-stage cellist in the drama. Extending beyond “classical” boundaries, he has played with such diverse groups as Hootie and the Blowfish and the Goo Goo Dolls on the Today Show and Late Night with David Letterman; and as a recording artist in hundreds of sessions for films, albums and commercials. Mr. Heiss was a scholarship student of famed cellist Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School. He plays a John Betts cello, dated 1789.

Performances of outstanding versatility and power

Toronto Sun

Cellist David Heiss is immeasurable…a velvet ribbon of sound

Miami Herald

A lot of aural excitement was churned up by the virtuosic Mr. Heiss.

The New York Times