The Austrian multi-percussionist David Christopher Panzl was born in Salzburg and began his percussion training at the age of four. He performed his first solo concerto at the age of 13 together with the Philharmonic Orchestra Bad Reichenhall. During his school-days he travelled New York several times in order to study jazz. Thereafter Panzl moved to Vienna to complete his studies as a concert percussionist at the Conservatory of Vienna Private University where he received his Master of Arts with top honours in 2013. Lastly he studied Marimba in Tokyo under Keiko Abe. 
 He is currently lecturer for concert percussion at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna. 
 As a soloist David Christopher Panzl has performed at the Suntory Hall Tokyo, the Seoul Art Center, the Vienna Konzerthaus and at the opening festivities of the Salzburg Festival. He has collaborated with exceptional artists such as Keiko Abe, Nebojsa Zivkovic, Jeff Queen and HK Gruber. In addition he has performed with the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Wind Orchestra Salzburg and the German Chamber-Orchestra Berlin. He has played world premieres of the composers Keiko Abe, Shih, Johannes Motschmann, Jorge Sanches Jiong, Enjott Schneider and J. Peter Koene. For more details please visit: www.davidpanzl.com