David Bruce - Composer

OFTEN witty, always colourful, pulsing with earthy rhythms, David Bruce's music has a directness rarely heard in contemporary music, but also contains an emotional core of striking intimacy and sensitivity. ..read more...

New Commission for 2018 BBC Proms

Sidechaining will be premiered in Prom 3 on July 15th.

A Premiere at the Elbphilharmonie

David has written a new piece for plucked instruments commissioned by NDR

New piece for San Diego Symphony

David was asked to write a fanfare for departing Maestro, Jahja Ling

Cymbeline / Avi Avital & Dovers

Concert performance of Cymbeline by Avi Avital & Dover Quartet, from the Vancouver leg of their recent North American tour.

Nothing - Danish Premiere

Danish National Opera gives the Danish premiere of Nothing this February, as the opera receives numerous 'Best of Year' reviews from the critics

The Consolation of Rain

Another fantastic performance and video from Camerata Pacifica, here's the world premiere of the work they commissioned The Consolation of Rain.

Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road US Tour

The ensemble, who commissioned Cut the Rug perform the piece at a string of high-profile festivals across the US this summer.

Steampunk / Camerata Pacifica

Check out the costumes and stunning musicianship on display in this performance of Steampunk filmed earlier in the year in Santa Barbara.

Jennifer Koh @ NYPhil Biennial

Jennifer will premiere David's new solo violin piece 'Marzipan'.

Julian Bliss/Carducci Quartet Gumboots CD released

Five-star reviews for Nothing

'Nothing' premiered at Glyndebourne in February to huge critical acclaim.

Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road Film Trailer

The Music of Strangers, a new film about Yo-Yo Ma's unique ensemble features Bruce's specially composed work 'Cut the Rug'

Philip's approval

Philip Pullman tweeted that 'The Firework-Maker's Daughter' was "one of the best treatments a story of mine has ever received. Loved it!"

Violin Concerto Premiere with Gil Shaham

'Frafile Light', a new violin concerto was premiered by Gil Shaham and the San Diego Symphony

David's Youtube Channel

The harpsichord's historical pickle		How to reach a climax... or one of my all-time FAVE pieces.
How Looney Tunes influenced a generation of composers		Pop music's problem with silence
TOP 10 COMPOSING HACKS!		Most popular mandolin tune? \|\| Avi Avital Q&A
Negative Rhythms and Sidechaining for Orchestra		TOP 5 ORCHESTRATION MISTAKES!
How to play Nancarrow's impossible rhythms (with humans not machines)		A VERY BRIEF history of Classical Music (from 1000 A.D. to the present day)