David Keringer is a Hungarian clarinetist whose performances have taken him across Europe, Asia, and the United States. As an orchestral musician and soloist, he has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the New World Center in Miami Beach, the Wiener Musikverein, Osaka Symphony Hall, and Müpa Budapest (Palace of Arts Budapest), among many others.
He has performed with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Webern Chamber Orchestra Vienna, Grafenegg Academy Orchestra, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Operetta Orchestra, and Hungarian Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra.
Keringer gained international recognition through appearances as a soloist in Hungary, Austria, Italy, Japan, and the United States, including a featured appearance on the Hungarian national television program Virtuosos. He is the winner of the Danubia Talents 2020 Competition in the Winds category, First Prize at the National Saxophone Competition, and First Prize at the National Clarinet Competition.
In addition to his concert work, Keringer is an active theatrical musician and woodwind doubler. His performance credits include productions of West Side Story at the Mörbisch Festival in Austria, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Singin’ in the Rain at Budapest Operetta Theatre, and Cabaret at Comedy Theatre Budapest. At the age of 19, he performed a featured choreographed on-stage saxophone role in Shakespeare’s As You Like It at the Hungarian National Theatre Budapest.
Keringer received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and was awarded an Erasmus Scholarship to study at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in Austria. He later continued his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna before receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to join the Advanced Performance Studies Program at Bard College Conservatory of Music in New York. In 2023 and 2025, he was awarded the Dr. Elemér and Éva Kiss Scholarship by the Hungarian-American Coalition in Washington, D.C.
Alongside his performing career, Keringer maintains an active teaching practice in the Bard College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division.