David Banoczi-Ruof

Assistant Conductor

Dávid Bánóczi-Ruof (DAH-vid BAH-NO-tsee RUE-off) is a versatile violinist and conductor. They have performed extensively in the United States and Europe as a violinist, including touring the Hudson Valley with Jazz and Classics for Change as part of their Young Artists Series, and as a soloist with the Bard Chamber Orchestra, the Bard College Community Orchestra, and The Orchestra Now. They regularly appear with the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra, the Woodstock Symphony Orchestra, and the Bard Baroque Ensemble, including as assistant concertmaster, and have been the assistant concertmaster for the Bard College Community Orchestra since Spring 2021.

In addition to their work as a violinist, Dávid has also established themselves as a skilled conductor. Dávid is the Co-Artistic Director of the Hudson Festival Orchestra and the Artistic Director and Founder of the Euterpe Ensemble. They are an experienced organizer and have formed and coordinated multiple orchestras, including the Euterpe Ensemble, the Bard Chamber Orchestra, and the Bard College Community Orchestra’s A Midsummer’s Eve series. 

They are a strong believer in working with artists from across genres and mediums and have commissioned and premiered works by Kyle Gann, Sasha Paris-Carter, Mikalah Jenifer, OGA, and others. Passionate about performing works by historically ignored composers, Dávid won the 2022 Bard Concerto Competition playing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s rarely-heard Violin Concerto. 

Dávid graduated from Bard College in May 2022 with a B.A. in Violin Performance and Conducting and previously attended the Mannes School of Music Pre-College Program. They studied violin with Erica Kiesewetter and Marka Gustavsson at Bard, Khullip Jeung in New York City, and Jörg Heyer in Frankfurt, Germany. They studied conducting with James Bagwell at Bard and Scott Jackson Wiley in NYC. 

Dávid lives in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley and enjoys visiting all the coffee shops that the area has to offer. Their favorite color is blue which doesn’t exist. You can follow them on Instagram at @prinzessin_davidella.