The American-born concert pianist David Lively began his career at age 14 when he performed Khatchaturian’s virtuoso Piano Concerto with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Lorin Maazel subsequently invited him to perform with the Cleveland Orchestra which resulted in engagements with ensembles such as the English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, and the National Orchestra of France. A gifted artist at home in a breadth of styles, David Lively studied in the United States and in France at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris where he now resides. He has a repertoire of over 60 works, more than 10 of which he has recorded on CD. He also devotes his attention to performing contemporary works, giving the European premiere of Riverrun by Takemitsu with conductor Kent Nagano, the French premiere of 90+ for piano solo by Elliott Carter as well as Cendres by Kaija Saariaho. A total command of the keyboard allied with an insatiable curiosity allow him to master all styles from the Renaissance to music of today and to perform such monuments as Bach's entire Art of the Fugue. During the last three years devoted particularly to teaching, David Lively has given great consideration to the role of the keyboard in the history of music. This has led to a redefinition of his role as virtuoso and the development of several unique projects.. Following an installation-performance in collaboration with his colleague Jean-Baptiste Barriere, composer and former research director at IRCAM, David Lively is working on the development of electronic interpretation. This installation-performance, involving synthesizer and computer programming, is conceived for realization in inspiring architectural sites permitting spatial sonic effects combined with visual projection of Impressionistic masterpieces.