David Premo, Cello
 Cellist David Premo joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1992, was promoted to 4th chair in 1994, and in January 2000 was offered the position of Assistant Principal. Also, Mr. Premo has been Artist-Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University since 1994. He came to Pittsburgh from Washington D.C., where he was Assistant Principal Cellist of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra from 1980 until 1991.
Since coming to Pittsburgh, My. Premo has becomes a frequently requested chamber musician and soloist, appearing on Shadyside and Rodef Shalom concert series, and, in 1993 performing the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Edgewood Symphony. In 1995, Mr. Premo and Christopher Wu won the Pittsburgh Concert Society Competition. In 1996 Mr. Premo won the prestigious Passamaneck Award of the Y Music Society entitling him to a solo recital which he gave in Pittsburgh's Carnegie Hall in April 1997.
David Premo studied cello in his native Chicago with Margaret Evans of the Chicago symphony, later with Robert Newkirk at Catholic University, and most recently with Janos Starker and Indiana University. His cello made circa 1860, is by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.
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