David Wegehaupt
saxophone
David Wegehaupt is a saxophonist passionate about the promotion and development of contemporary music. As a soloist and chamber musician, David has been active in commissioning and performing new music for saxophone. His world premiere performances include pieces by Aaron Einbond, Thierry Alla, Marcos Balter, Daniel Biro, Lee Hyla, Urs Leimgruber, Robert Lemay, Philippe Leroux, David Reminick, Gael Tissot, Mikel Kuehn, Liza White, Bruno Ruviaro, Heather Frasch and Claudio Gabriele and his regional premieres include works by Philippe Leroux, Bruno Mantovani, Thierry Alla, Ivan Fedele, and Vincent Bouchot. He has played recitals as a soloist and a chamber musician around the United States, in Belgium, Greece, Germany, France, Canada, and Thailand. He has been invited to perform at festivals worldwide, including Synthermeia Music Festival in Thessoloniki, Greece, MANCA New Music Festival in Nice, France, and Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften in Berlin, Germany. In April 2010, David organized and performed the North American premiere of Bruno Mantovani’s saxophone concerto Troisième Round with the Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble. In March 2011, David performed the North American premiere of Philippe Leroux's concerto L'Unique trait de pinceau with the UC-Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Milnes.
David was the only American to reach the semi-final round of the 4th International Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant, Belgium in November 2006. In May 2007 David graduated from Bowling Green State University with a BM in Music Performance and a minor in recording technology. While there, he studied with Dr. John Sampen. He was a Fulbright grant recipient in 2007-2008 during which he studied at Conservatoire National de Région de Boulogne-Billancourt with Jean-Michel Goury. In May 2010 he completed a MM in Music Performance at Arizona State University where he studied with Tim McAllister. He is currently based in Chicago.
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