David Soyer (February 24, 1923 – February 25, 2010) was an American cellist.

He was born inPhiladelphia and began playing the piano at the age of nine. At 11, he started the cello. One of his first teachers wasDiran Alexanian. Later on he studied withEmanuel Feuermann andPablo Casals. He debuted with thePhiladelphia Orchestra underEugene Ormandy in 1942, playingErnest Bloch'sSchelomo.

Chamber music was a special love of Soyer's. He was a founding member of theGuarneri Quartet in 1964 and played with them until retiring from the quartet in 2002. As a member of the Guarneri he collaborated with many of the world's most famous classical musicians, includingLeonard Rose, theBudapest String Quartet,Pinchas Zukerman, andArthur Rubinstein. He gave the New York premieres of the Solo Cello Sonatas byZoltán Kodály andGeorge Crumb. With David Tudor he premieredEarle Brown's Music for Cello and Piano. Before joining the quartet he played in various venues including the Navy Band (**) duringWorld War II and later with theNBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction ofArturo Toscanini.

Soyer was on the faculty of theCurtis Institute of Music, theManhattan School of Music, and theJuilliard School. Many of his students, such asRonald Thomas andPeter Wiley, have gone on to have successful performing careers.

He taught many of today's most prominent contemporary cellists and musicians. He spent many summers teaching and performing at theMarlboro Music Festival in Vermont.

He received an honorary degree fromBinghamton University.^[1]Soyer died at his home inNew York City on February 25, 2010, one day after his 87th birthday.

• David Soyer, Cellist, Is Dead at 87, New York Times
• The Art of Quartet Playing: The Guarneri String Quartet in Conversation With David Blum, Cornell University Press, 1986,ISBN 0-8014-9456-7

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