David Tanenbaum has performed in over forty countries, and has been soloist with prominent orchestras around the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta, with such eminent conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Kent Nagano and John Adams. Among the many works composed for him are Hans Werner Henze’s guitar concerto: An Eine Äolsharfe, which he performed throughout Europe and recorded with the composer conducting; four works by Pulitzer Prize-winner Aaron Jay Kernis as well as works by Terry Riley, Lou Harrison and Roberto Sierra. David Tanenbaum can be heard on more than thirty recordings on EMI, New Albion, Naxos and other labels. His Nonesuch recording as soloist in John Adam’s Naive and Sentimental Music with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic was nominated for a 2002 GRAMMY^® as Best New Composition. David Tanenbaum is Chair of the Guitar Department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is a member of the Pacific Guitar Ensemble and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.