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David Pereira is an outstanding cellist and teacher who has worked in some of the most prestigious orchestras and chamber groups in the country. As a soloist David has performed concertos with the major orchestras in Australia and New Zealand and premiered more new works than I've had hot dinners. As such it was initially quite daunting interviewing a man so renowned for his musicality. I was quickly put at ease by David's humour and his generosity in sharing his thoughts on the practicalities of playing in a festival, performing, interpreting and communicating a work that no one has ever played before and what gives music its meaning.
David's approach to performance combines a very realistic pragmatism with a wonderful idealism in the communication of that work. His focus on looking after his body during performance periods and a thorough and humble period of preparation for performance allows him to communicate music to a tremendous degree. His recent forays into the world of composition have also given him a new outlook on the role of the performer.
David's thoughts on musical meaning deal very much with the emotional impact of a performance. What really came through was that for David, his pragmatism and his technical skill are his means of connecting with an audience. The technique and the preparation serve the higher and generous aim of giving the members of an audience an emotional experience.
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