The American pianist, David Korevaar, was born in in Madison, Wisconsin, and grew up in La Jolla, California. He began his piano studies at age six in San Diego with Sherman Storr, and at age 13 he became a student of the great American virtuoso Earl Wild. By age 20 he had earned his Bachelor of Music (1982) and Master of Music (1983) degrees from the Juilliard School, where he continued his studies with Earl Wild and studied composition with David Diamond. In 1998 he returned to Juilliard School of Music to complete his Doctor of Musical Arts with Abbey Simon. He won top prizes at the Peabody-Mason Music Foundation (1985), and the University of Maryland William Kapell International Piano Competition (1988). In 1988 he was a winner of the Young Concert Artists Auditions. He also won a special prize for his performance of French music from the Robert Casadesus Competition (1989). In May 2000, he received the Richard French award from the Juilliard School, honoring his doctoral document on Ravel's Miroirs.

Currently a member of the Boulder Public Library's ensemble-in-residence, the Boulder Piano Quartet (with violinist Elizabeth Kipper, violist Matthew Dane, and cellist Thomas Heinrich), and University of Texas at Dallas's resident Clavier Trio (with violinist Arkady Fomin and cellist Jesus Castro-Balbi), Korevaar has performed as guest artist with the Takács, Manhattan and Colorado Quartets, among other groups. He was a founding member of the Young Concert Artists Award-winning piano and wind ensemble Hexagon, with which he toured for many years. More »