{"id":1496,"date":"2020-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/allgemein\/david-virelles-wird-zhdk-dozent-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:09:51","slug":"david-virelles-wird-zhdk-dozent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/en\/news\/2020\/12\/david-virelles-wird-zhdk-dozent-2","title":{"rendered":"David Virelles becomes ZHdK lecturer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musikzeitung.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/201216virelles-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-section\">\n<p>Born in 1983, David Virelles comes from a family of Cuban musicians and studied piano at Humber College in Toronto. In 2009, he moved to New York to study composition with Henry Threadgill. He has been in demand worldwide as a pianist and composer for many years. 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