DAVID STENSKE was reared in Glendora, California, where he studied violin with Betty Shaw.  Subsequently, he worked with Mehli Mehta and Ivan Galamian.  He served as concertmaster with the American Youth Symphony, the Riverside County Philharmonic, and the Redlands Bowl Orchestra.  He is now Concertmaster of the Glendale Symphony, the Santa Monica Symphony, the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony, and the Burbank Philharmonic.

David was principal violist with the South Bay Chamber Orchestra and violist in the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and he currently performs often as principal violist with the New West Symphony.  During his career as a frequent concert soloist and recitalist, he has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the L.A. Chamber Orchestra, and at the Ojai Music festival.  He has been guest concertmaster with the Los Angeles Opera, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Los Angeles Bach Festival, and the Santa Barbara Symphony.

David has had the opportunity to collaborate with two of the famous “Three Tenors” – on a regular basis with Placido Domingo, Artistic director of the Los Angeles Opera, and as Concertmaster for Luciano Pavarotti on some of his tour concerts.  David was formerly conductor of the Citrus College Community Orchestra as well as interim conductor of the Whittier College Orchestra.  He is presently the Chamber String Orchestra conductor and violin instructor at the Wildwood Summer Music Institute.

He has extensive chamber music experience, including honors earned at the Coleman Chamber Music Competitions and the National Congress of Strings.  He was a member of the Alomont Ensemble, which premiered and recorded many newly commissioned works.  As an active studio musician, he plays violin and viola on many of the sound tracks for the motion picture and television recording industry.