德國(guó)柏利漢，塞思勒音樂(lè)學(xué)院。中央音樂(lè)學(xué)院客座教授。被譽(yù)為“繼羅斯特羅波維奇之后最為出色的大提琴大師”兼大提琴家和指揮家，是這個(gè)時(shí)代最多才多藝的音樂(lè)家之一。世界著名指揮如西蒙·拉特、克里斯多夫·艾森巴赫、查爾斯·迪圖瓦、阿什肯納齊、邁克爾·提爾森·托馬斯和羅斯特羅波維奇等都與其有過(guò)成功的合作。他錄制發(fā)行了50余張唱片，曾榮獲法國(guó)的唱片大獎(jiǎng)，金色音叉大獎(jiǎng)，還是至今唯一獲得“德國(guó)唱片評(píng)論家年度獎(jiǎng)”這個(gè)殊榮的大提琴演奏家。獲1970年柴科夫斯基音樂(lè)大賽金質(zhì)獎(jiǎng)?wù)?。榮獲法國(guó)的唱片大獎(jiǎng)，金色音叉大獎(jiǎng)。唯一獲得“德國(guó)唱片評(píng)論家年度獎(jiǎng)。

David Geringas has performed as soloist with the greatest orchestras around the globe, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Czech Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia, NHK Symphony and Israel Philharmonic, under such esteemed conductors of our time as Gerd Albrecht, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Herbert Blomstedt, Andrey Boreyko, Myung-whun Chung, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Lawrence Foster, Valery Gergiev, Paavo Jarvi, Kirill Kondrashin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Simon Rattle, Mstislav Rostropovich, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Horst Stein, Yuri Temirkanov, Klaus Tennstedt and Michael Tilson Thomas. He is a regular guest at several major chamber music festival and has a vast repertoire, from baroque to contemporary music, much of which he has recorded, being awarded the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy in 1989. He is a cello professor in Berlin.Important contemporary composers such as Sofia Gubaidulina, Pēteris Vasks and Erkki-Sven Tüür have dedicated new compositions to Geringas. In July 2006, Anatolijus Senderovas’ composition “David’s Song for Cello and String Quartet” was premièred in Kronberg – a dedication to Geringas’s 60th birthday.