Concert Piano Technician, Violoncellist • San Francisco, CA / Torino, IT
David Amendola is a Freelance Concert Piano Technician and Steinway Specialist based in San Francisco, California, and frequenting Torino, Italia. He holds a Certificate in Piano Technology from the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, where he apprenticed with Frank C. Hanson, Piano Technician for the Boston Symphony. He also apprenticed with Joel Rappaport at the Tanglewood Music Festival. He has studied with Eric Schandall at the C.F. Theodore Steinway Technical Academy at Steinway & Sons manufacturing facilities in New York. He has been engaged in the retail, private and institutional servicing of Steinway Pianos, and as Concert Technician for Steinway & Sons Concert and Artist Division since 2001.
His client list includes Boston Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, SF Jazz, Saleem Ashkar, Emanuel Ax, John Bayless, Dave Brubeck, Van Cliburn, Eliane Elias, Herbie Hancock, Fred Hersch, Bruce Hornsby, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarrett, Olga Kern, Diana Krall, Lang Lang, Yo Yo Ma, Denis Matsuev, Brad Mehldau, Barbara Nissman, Andras Schiff, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Allen Toussaint, Arcadi Volodos, George Winston........
David is also an accomplished Violoncellist, with a passion for Bach