David Selfe

Pianist / Keyboardist

5.0 (1 Review)

Country: New Zealand
Based In: Norsewood, Manawatu-Wanganui
Performs: Worldwide
From: $300

Band Leader - Working with a small team. Orchestral Musician - Working with a large 8 to 28 piece orchestra. Musical Director - Working with a Cabaret. I am the guy, from the West End of London theatre scene. As a reading musician with over 10,000 shows played!

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Description

Do you need me to;
Run the Cabaret Band,
Direct the orchestra,
Read on the piano with the Cabaret,
Then I am your man!

Set-List

You provide the cabaret with sheet music, and I can play it for you!

Biography

More info at
www.davidselfe.com

Reviews (1 Review)

David Selfe - Pianist / Keyboardist - Norsewood, Manawatu-Wanganui Event Location: Rotorua, New Zealand. Event Type: Cruise / Resort / Festival 29th September 2025

‘Silent screen, living sound’ Performance at Shambles Theatre, 20 September 2025, reviewed by Shamus Baker Audiences were treated to an invigorating immersion into the past on Saturday 20 September at Shambles Theatre, where pianist David Selfe and percussionist Jeremy Fitzsimons provided an ingenious musical accompaniment to two silent films of the great Charlie Chaplin, A Dog’s Life (1918) and The Pawn Shop (1916). All music was composed by Selfe, and adapted by Fitzsimons for their duo. While this is not the place for a synopsis of either film, both involved Chaplin’s iconic Little Tramp persona in various scenarios of mayhem, trickery and social faux pas, with his eventual triumph occurring against both the odds of ordinary logic and his own relentlessly inventive disdain for normal codes of behaviour – to great comic effect. Both musicians did themselves great credit in a performance situation that stretched concentration and agility to an unusual degree ...

Reviewed by: Shamus Baker

Experience

He has played for Princes and Statesmen, Premiers and Queens including;
Princess Margaret
HMS Ark Royal - Ship's Full Crew
Showaddywaddy
Toured China
Sir Cliff Richard
Sir Elton John
The Von Trapp Singers
Prime Minister Helen Clark
Michael Barrymore
Johnny Dankworth
Auckland Council
The ACT Party
John Boulter
The Supremes
The National NZ State reception for the premier of China
Tim Beverage
P & O Ferries UK
P & O Cruises Pacific
Norfolk Island Jazz Festival
Bay Of Islands Jazz Festival
Rodger Fox
Deco Festival
Norway Festiva ... l
Silent Movies LIVE
George Benson
Petula Clark
21 National Tours of New Zealand
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Southern Symphonia
Crystal Cruises
Auckland Council
Cameron Mackintosh
The Waldorf
Ben Morrison
Napier Council
Ambrose
Hayley Westenra
Cleo Laine
The Hilton Group
Central Hawke's Bay Council
Amici
Boney M
Claridge's London
Ashley Brown
Ballet Rambert
Tararua Council
Director for The Corelli School of the Arts
Royal Scots Guards - Australian Tour
Queenstown Winter Festival
Christmas in the Park - Auckland
Best of New Zealand - American Tour
Commissioned to compose and perform eleven musicals
Commissioned to compose a new score to two Charlie Chaplin Movies
Examiner for Cambridge International Music Exams
Examiner for Cambridge International Art & Design Exams
Moderator for NCEA Music NZ Exams
Assessor for Creative New Zealand

Previous Clients

As above.

Suitable for

Awards Ceremony Casinos Charity / Fundraising Event Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Community Event Concerts / Tours Conference / Meeting Corporate Event Cruise Ships Dinner Party HM Forces/Army/Navy/Military Event Hotel Event Nightclub Event Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Session Work Theaters / Stage University / College Event

Physical Characteristics

Height: 6ft

Weight: 90kgs

Meet the Act

Having travelled the world playing the piano and bringing people together with music, David is still sharing what he loves!
He started playing at the age of seven and by twelve had his own band playing gigs and concerts for young and old. He gained a scholarship to The Purcell School in London and graduated to the Royal Academy of Music in London where he gained an L.R.A.M. & Prof. Cert.
Living as a keyboard nocturnalist in West End Shows, he was well known for keeping the show together for both cabaret or production.

Additional Information

Published in the Queen's 90th Birthday book, as an example of excellence in the Commonwealth for contribution towards the Arts in education.
David is a recording artist for; Universal Records, Rajon Records, Rimu Records
& New Frontier Records. Currently streaming on 82 platforms. (Type in David Selfe).

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