David Coll (b.1980) is a composer of concert music, installation art, and interdisciplinary projects that engage physical presence with technology to create dramatic and introspective works, often to playful effect.
His work has been recognized through commissions, prizes, awards, and residencies from Milano Musica, NewMusicUSA, the Zellerbach Foundation, ISCM World Music Days, IRCAM, the Salvatore Martirano Foundation, Royaumont, and Djerassi, among others.
Groups that perform his works in the USA include line upon line percussion, Ogni Suono saxophone duo, ICE, and SFCMP; and abroad 2e2m, RepertorioZero, Itinéraire, among others. Soloists who have championed his work include Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Séverine Ballon, Lionel Peintre, Tony Arnold, and Mellissa Hughes.
David’s music has been featured at festivals including MATA, Gaudeamus (2005 & 2009), MusicAcoustica (Beijing), World Music Days, Voix Nouvelles, Tzlil Meudcan, and the New Music Gathering. It has been performed at venues including the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Éspace de Projection, the Piccolo Teatro, Roulette, the Mondavi Center, the Krannert Center, and the Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ.
As an educator, David has lectured at institutions including MIT, Columbia College, and Washington University. He was a Visiting Professor at Hanyang University (Seoul, Korea) and currently teaches at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, with further education at IRCAM (Cursus and Cursus 2), the Orpheus Institute, and the University of Illinois. He has studied with Edmund Campion, Ken Ueno, Franck Bedrossian, Yan Maresz, Erik Ulman, and Jason Eckardt, and participated in master classes with composers Chaya Czernowin, Steven Takasugi, Brian Ferneyhough, Alvin Curran, Martin Bresnick, Mauro Lanza, Philippe Leroux, James Dillon, Luca Francesconi and Mathias Spahlinger.
