David Austin Grey is a pianist, composer and educator working across multiple musical disciplines in UK and internationally, including residencies in Brazil and South Asia. As a graduate of the University of Birmingham and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, David has worked with such well-respected artists, and institutions, as Courtney Pine, Eliza Shaddad, Soweto Kinch, Michael League, Black Voices and Snarky Puppy, and the Birmingham Royal Ballet, and the British Council. He has also supported GRAMMY–winning artists Marcus Miller, Terri-Lyne Carrington and Snarky Puppy, and has appeared at numerous venues and festivals across the UK. In 2018 was awarded a place on Sound and Music’s national ‘New Voices’ programme. When he is not making music, David concentrates his energies on photography and martial arts. He has practised various martial disciplines for over fifteen years and teaches Taekwondo in his home city of Birmingham.