David Waterman was born into a musical family in Leeds. He studied philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded an MA and PhD degrees.
Founding member of the Endellion Quartet, his frequent collaborations with other artists have included appearances with members of the former Amadeus Quartet, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Joshua Bell, Lukacs Hagen, Steven Isserlis, Gabor Takacs-Nagy and Sandor Vegh. He was commissioned by Cambridge University Press to contribute a chapter to the “ Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet” which was published in 2003.
M. Waterman has taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal Academy of Music, the Guildhall, and the Menuhin Academy at Gstaad and teaches cello and chamber music for IMS at Prussia Cove.