Conductor ~ Pianist  David Michael Wolff made his orchestral debut as solo pianist at the age of twelve and has since gone on to concertize throughout North America, Europe and Asia.  Critics have praised his artistry and predict a brilliant future for him.  Wolff entered the University of Washington on full scholarship at the age of fifteen majoring in Romance Languages and Piano Performance as a student of Robin McCabe.  He later moved to New York City and obtained his Master’s Degree under the direction of Byron Janis, celebrated pupil of Vladimir Horowitz.  He has performed more than 300 recitals as soloist and as collaborative artist.

Wolff has won numerous prizes in international competitions, including grand prize in the Naomi Management International Competition in New York City where he was presented in recital at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall.  In 2004, he won five consecutive first prizes in international competitions in Europe and as a result was engaged for numerous solo recitals in Europe.

After firmly establishing his career as a concert pianist, Wolff took up the baton and began a second career as a conductor.  After three years of study in Rome, he began performing throughout Italy, conducting opera (La Traviata, La Boheme, and Tosca, among others) and symphonic works, as well as conducting piano concertos from the keyboard.  Wolff is Principal Conductor of the newly formed Manhattan Chamber Philharmonic, featured this season in Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall.

Wolff greatly enjoys collaborating with other artists.  The Washington Post recently described Exiles in Paradise, a collaboration with acclaimed soprano Constance Hauman, “arresting.”  And Wolff’s collaboration on Upon a Whim, a work for solo dance and solo piano created for and performed by Wolff and the legendary dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov by choreographer Ruth Davidson Hahn, was hailed as “an instant classic.”   The 2007/08 season is highlighted by a series of concerts throughout the US with the world-renowned soprano Angela Brown, and in March 2008, Wolff conducts the Fayetteville Symphony in Cape Fear Theatre's production of Porgy and Bess.    

In October 2009, Wolff will embark on a 7-recital cycle of the complete solo piano works of Sergei Rachmaninoff in various venues in NYC.