About David
About
Fingerstyle Artist • Session Guitarist • Composer • Educator
GUITARIST.COMPOSER.EDUCATOR.
David Niskin is a guitarist, composer, producer, and educator whose career spans international performance, studio recording, music education, and artistic collaboration. Based in Jerusalem, his work blends fingerstyle guitar, cinematic composition, and influences drawn from both Western and Middle Eastern musical traditions. Having performed and recorded with artists, orchestras, and organisations across the UK, Europe, North America, Australia, and the Middle East, David brings a broad musical perspective to every project. Alongside his original music and session work, he is passionate about helping guitarists and musicians develop the skills, understanding, and creative confidence to express their own musical ideas.
Career Highlights
- Work with international artists across many different genres including the BBC Philharmonic orchestra, Matt Cardle (X Factor UK Winner), J Marie Cooper (The Voice UK), Myles Sanko, Femi Temowo (Musical Director for Amy Winehouse) and many more.
- Performances in Israel from venues as diverse as the Knesset building (Israel's Parliament) through to the Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem.
- Corporate clients have included British Airways, BMW, Volkswagen, Vodafone, Hewlett-Packard, John Lewis and many more.
- Work with Israeli artists such as conductor Omer Meir Wellber, virtuoso Oud player Emil Bishara, composer and Kamancheh player Yaara Beeri, and many more.
- David has toured internationally as a session musician in Europe, the USA, Australia, North Africa and the Caribbean.
- Live performances on BBC Television & Radio.
- Widely followed on YouTube where he has over 18,000 subscribers, his channel primarily focuses on fingerstyle acoustic guitar arrangements.
- Work in London's exclusive West End theatre scene including on the Jersey Boys UK Tour.
Instrumental music, guitar lessons, studio and live work, music for events.