Colombian pianist David Córdoba-Hernández has built a career around performance, collaboration, and teaching, with an active presence in the United States and Latin America. He gave the world premiere of Juan Sebastián Cardona Ospina's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the EAFIT-Iberacademy Orchestra under Robert Moody and will perform the U.S. premiere with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra in March 2027.

He has collaborated with artists including Vincent Lucas (Orchestre de Paris), conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather (New York Philharmonic Chorus), and violist Amaro Dubois, with whom he recorded viola music by José Elizondo on Centaur Records. He works regularly with Opera Memphis and served as Resident Pianist for the Memphis Symphony Chorus. David serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Millsaps College, Director of Collaborative Piano at the Colchagua Vocal Institute and created the sight-reading program for pianists Prima Vista Lab® (theprimavistalab.com).

David holds the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Memphis.

“After a wonderful performance tonight of the Grieg Piano Concerto with the UofMemphis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Harvey Felder. He gave an exceptional performance, full of character, power, imagination, beauty and artistry”      - Cathal Breslin, Associate Professor of Piano at Arizona State University