Full Biography

David Daubenfeld was born in Luxembourg City in 1995. He gained his first conducting experience at the age of 12, when he founded and conducted a school orchestra. At the age of 13, he was admitted to the conducting programme at the Luxembourg Conservatoire.

In the 2026/27 season, David will debut with the Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of Nancy-Lorraine Opera, return to Tenerife Opera, Roma Tre Orchestra and others.
A highlight of the 26/27 season will mark his Asian debut in China conducting the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra.

Highlights of the 2025/26 season included engagements with prestigious orchestras such as the Luxembourg Philharmonic, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife and Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal.

His operatic engagements included assistant conducting positions at Winteroper Potsdam and Tenerife Opera, where he will return to assist a production of Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas.

Following his acclaimed debut with the Roma Tre Orchestra in May 2024, he will return to Rome for a sixth engagement in November 2026.

David holds a Master of Music from the University of Music and Dance Cologne. During his studies, he served as Chief Conductor of the symphonic wind orchestra of the University of Music and founded a chamber orchestra focusing on the classical and romantic repertoire.

Since 2022, David has served as assistant to the renowned conductor Dima Slobodeniouk, collaborating with him across Europe and working with leading orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Dresdner Philharmonie and Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia.

Recent engagements have included appearances with Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Philharmonisches Orchester Altenburg-Gera and the student symphony orchestra of the Wuppertal University of Music. Earlier, in 2016, he became the youngest guest conductor in the history of the Ural Conservatory Symphony Orchestra in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

As an orchestral musician, he has performed with ensembles including the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonisches Orchester Vorpommern, Klangforum Wien and Philharmonie Südwestfalen.

David is fluent in Spanish, French, German, Luxembourgish and English, and has a working knowledge of Italian