David Pereira

[2] His early work included Musica Viva Australia tours of the Outback with Richard Goldner and Charmian Gadd.

He has appeared in Europe, Russia and the United States with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Australia Ensemble, at venues such as Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Concertgebouw, Lincoln Center and the United Nations (with Stuart Challender and Dame Joan Sutherland).

Apart from the new concertos mentioned above, David Pereira has premiered many other new Australian works, by composers such as Carl Vine, Peter Sculthorpe, Ross Edwards, Nigel Westlake, Elena Kats-Chernin, Mike Nock, Roger Dean, Tristram Cary, Roger Frampton, Anne Boyd and Nigel Butterley.

Expert psychiatric and psychological interventions eventually proved helpful, but anti-depressants caused tremor that made cello playing impossible.

In 2008 he made a series of recordings of his performances playing a cello which forms part of the A. E. Smith quartet of musical instruments[5] held by the National Museum of Australia.

[6] year he played in solo and chamber capacities in the Arts in the Valley and the Canberra International Music Festival.

For a time he taught Yoga in class situation (Vinyasa Flow) but essentially lately it is a private personal practice that he enjoys.