Bang on a Can All-Stars
David Cossin (percussion)
A native of Queens, New York City, David Cossin is a specialist in new and experimental music, working across a broad spectrum of musical and artistic forms to incorporate new media with percussion. He has recorded and performed internationally with composers and ensembles including the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Steve Reich and Musicians, Philip Glass, Yo-Yo Ma, Meredith Monk, Tan Dun, Cecil Taylor, Talujon Percussion Quartet, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Bo Didley. Numerous theater projects include collaborations with Blue Man Group, Mabou Mines, and director Peter Sellars.
David was featured as the percussion soloist in Tan Dun's Grammy and Oscar winning score to Ang Lee's film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." He has performed as a soloist with orchestras through out the world including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra Radio France, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Sao Paulo State Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Gothenburg Symphony, Hong Kong Symphony, and the Singapore Symphony. David has created sonic installations that have been presented in New York, Italy and Germany. He is also an active composer and has invented several new instruments that expand the limits of traditional percussion.
In the summer of 2005 David curated the Sound Res Festival, an experimental music festival in southern Italy. David has participated in festivals throughout Europe, South America, Asia, and the US. Some recent highlights include the Italian premiere of Tan Dun's "Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra" at the Venice Biennale, an invitation to solo with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a US tour with the Bang on a Can All-Stars and Philip Glass, and a solo performance of Steve Reich's Piano Phase/Video Phase for live performer and super imposed video projection at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.