David Bui is a German-Canadian conductor and First Prize winner of the Ionel Perlea International Conducting Competition. Since 2025, he has served as Assistant Conductor of the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montréal, working alongside Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. From 2022 to 2025, he held the same position at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Otto Tausk, where he led subscription programmes, education and outreach concerts, and large-scale events including Symphony in the Park and the VSO Gala. Born in Germany to Vietnamese parents and holding dual German and Canadian citizenship, David brings a multicultural perspective shaped by two orchestral traditions — the rigour and depth of the European canon and the openness and civic energy of North American concert life. David has conducted orchestras across Europe and North America, including the Hamburger Symphoniker, Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, amongst others. In January 2024, he served as off-stage conductor for the Berliner Philharmoniker under Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko an engagement that reflects both the breadth of his experience and the trust placed in him at the highest level of the profession. During his tenure at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, David assisted conductors Leonard Slatkin, Han-Na Chang, Tan Dun, and Jun Märkl, amongst others. He has worked with soloists and composers across a wide range of repertoire, from the classical canon to contemporary works by Canadian composers including Jocelyn Morlock and Vivian Fung. David studied orchestral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin under Professors Christian Ehwald and Hans-Dieter Baum, completing both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees there before earning his Konzertexamen with distinction at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg under Professor Ulrich Windfuhr. He made his professional debut with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin in 2017. His training has been shaped by sustained engagement with leading figures of the conducting world. He participated in the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy with the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, and masterclasses with Marin Alsop and Donald Runnicles. Festival invitations include the Pärnu Music Festival under Paavo Järvi, the Fiskars Summer Festival with Esa-Pekka Salonen and Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and the Bartók Festival Szombathely. He was also awarded Second Prize at the Jeunesses Musicales International Conducting Competition in Bucharest. A committed educator, David teaches conducting at the VSO School of Music and the Vancouver Island Music Academy. He conducted the 2024 BCMEA Honorary String Ensemble and has adjudicated competitions and festivals including the Jean Coulthard Reading Programme, the District Strings Festival, and string competitions at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the Langley Community Music School.