Canberra-born violinist and conductor David Le Guen began his conducting studies under the guidance of Max McBride, and Myer Fredman. He recently completed a Masters of Conducting at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide studying with Dr Luke Dollman. During his degree, David had the privilege of assisting Maestros Mark Wigglesworth, Douglas Boyd and Andrew Litton with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. David has conducted the Tasmanian, Adelaide and Canberra Youth Orchestras, the Derwent Symphony Orchestra and since moving to Melbourne he has worked with the Kooyong Chamber Players, the Nicholas Chamber Orchestra and the Frankston Symphony Orchestra. In the past two years David has participated in conducting workshops and master classes overseas with, Donald Schleicher, Farkhad Khudyev and Charles Olivieri-Munroe. In 2024, he furthered his studies in Galicia, Spain collaborating with Maestros Cristóbal Soler and Boris Perrenoud through the Centro Superior de Música’s promotion program.  As part of the program David was given the opportunity to serve as guest conductor in concerts with the Vidin Sinfonietta and Pazardzhik Symphony in Bulgaria.

As a violinist, David holds the position of concertmaster with the Australian Discovery Orchestra. He has also performed with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. As a student, he played with the Australian Youth Orchestra and was Concertmaster of the Canberra Youth Orchestra. His violin teachers have included the late Professor Jan Sedivka, Len Dommet, Peter Tanfield and Tor Fromhyr. He holds music degrees from the Australian National University (Bachelor of Music) and the University of Tasmania (Masters of Performance) where he was awarded the Jan Sedivka Scholarship in Music. He completed a PhD in violin performance at UTAS in 2007 and was awarded the Dean's Commendation Award for an Outstanding Doctoral Thesis for his doctoral research: “The Development of the French Romantic Violin Sonata (1860-1910)".

David is a passionate music educator having held the positions of Co-Head of Music at Ballarat Clarendon College and that of Head of Strings at Geelong Grammar School, Presbyterian Ladies College (Melbourne) and Brighton Grammar. He is currently the conductor of the Melbourne Youth Chamber Strings, the Melbourne Youth Orchestras’ senior string ensemble, a position he has held for the past nine years.