Concert Programs

Cello, Soloist

David Cohen

David Cohen is Principal Cello of the London Symphony Orchestra, a post he took up in 2022. He made his solo debut with the Belgian National Orchestra at the age of nine and studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and then at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Oleg Kogan, winning the Guildhall’s Gold Medal. In 2001 he became Principal Cello of the Philharmonia Orchestra, the youngest principal in its history, and held the post until 2009. He teaches at the Conservatoire Royal in Mons and at Trinity Laban in London, founded the chamber music festival Les Sons Intensifs in Lessines, and plays a cello by Domenico Montagnana of about 1735.

With

London Symphony Orchestra

Performs in

Upcoming

Sources 3

  1. David Cohen, Principal Cello, London Symphony Orchestra Cited in Noseda Conducts Schnittke’s First Cello Concerto and the Complete Firebird. Accessed 8 October 2026.
  2. David Cohen appointed principal cello of LSO, The Strad Cited in Noseda Conducts Schnittke’s First Cello Concerto and the Complete Firebird. Accessed 8 October 2026.
  3. David Cohen (cello), Owen White Management Cited in Noseda Conducts Schnittke’s First Cello Concerto and the Complete Firebird. Accessed 8 October 2026.