From 1949 to 1957, he studied in the master class of Tibor Varga and was his assistant at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold until 1959.
The main focus of his work is the romantic and contemporary repertoire, so he also performed several of his father's solo concertos.
In the Peruvian capital Lima he organised the annual Lukas David Chamber Music Festival.
In 1958, he received the Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen für junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler [de].
[2] From 1959, David led a main subject class at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.