Bassist David J. Grossman began playing with the New York Philharmonic as its youngest member in December 1999 before graduating from The Juilliard School in May 2000. Born and educated in New York City, Mr. Grossman has performed as double bassist and pianist in orchestral, chamber, and jazz venues worldwide. He is a member of the double bass faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School, and regularly gives master classes across the country.

In the realm of jazz, Mr. Grossman was a member of the Marcus Roberts Trio and has also performed with Wynton Marsalis, Lew Tabackin, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Richard Stoltzman, and has recorded with Donald Vega, David Morgan and Loston Harris. Bringing together both his classical and jazz interests, Mr. Grossman performed in an impromptu jazz ensemble during a week of joint concerts with the New York Philharmonic and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, culminating in a Live From Lincoln Center telecast and radio broadcast. In addition, Mr. Grossman recently released two CDs (one classical and one jazz) entitled The Bass of Both Worlds, available from this website.

An active chamber musician, Mr. Grossman performs in both the New York Philharmonic's chamber concerts in collaboration with the 92nd Street Y, with the New York Philharmonic Ensembles Concerts at Merkin Hall, and has performed with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Most recently, he was a featured artist in the 2008 Portland (Maine) Chamber Music Festival as well as the Mt. Desert Festival.

As a composer, Mr. Grossman wrote Mood Swings for trombone and double bass for New York Philharmonic Principal Trombone Joseph Alessi, and composed Fantasy on "Shall We Gather at the River?" for New York Philharmonic English Horn Thomas Stacy’s recording, Plaintive Melody. Two earlier compositions, Swing Quartet and String Quintet No. 1, were written for The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

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