David was born in 2008 in a family of musicians. His father is pianist and composer Vladimir Sverdlov Ashkenazy and his mother Lyda Chen Argerich is a lawyer and viola player.
David discovered piano playing with Professor Elena Ashkenazy, his grandmother. Aged five and a half, he started piano lessons and studied ten years under Professor Serguei
Milstein. David gave his first concert performance in the 2016 Lugano Progetto Argerich, playing 4 hands
with his famous grandmother Martha Argerich. He has participated in the national 2019 Swiss Musical Youth Competition , receiving 1rst Prize
with distinction in the Finals.
David also obtained the 1rst Prize with distinction in the 2018 and 2020 editions of Stuttgart International Karl Adler Jugend Competition , and Second Prize in the Concours de piano Genève
Internationale Genthod.
He has been playing recitals and chamber music programs in venues such as Victoria Hall Switzerland , Luzern KKL . Beppu Beacon Hall Japan, Château de Chantilly France , Leiszhalle
Hamburg Germany, Guangzhou and Nanjing National Theaters , Shanghai Grand Theater China . After his debut as soloist with orchestra in Stuttgart Lieder Hall Germany in 2022 , David performed in Salle Franz Liszt and Victoria Hall Geneva Switzerland, as well as Grand
Esplanades theater in Singapore.
In 2026 , David made his recital debut in Seoul Arts Center Inchoon Hall , performed Tchaikowsky Piano Concerto No 1 in Bangkok and Singapore Victoria Hall , Poulenc double piano concerto in
Geneva Victoria Hall , and Beethoven piano concerto N°1 in Kurhaus Baden Baden. He has participated in various masterclasses , benefiting from the teachings of Professors Mira
Marchenko , Elizabeth Leonskaja , Arie Vardi and Stephen Kovacevich among others. David followed the pre-college cursus of Haute Ecole de Musique Geneva under Professor Mladen Tcholitch. He is studying in Musica Mundi School of Music parallel to playing concerts in Europe
and Asia.