About

Pianist, composer, and poet David Leach enjoys a multifaceted career as a performing artist, writer, and educator. As a founder of both the genre-bending violin and piano duo Room to Spare and the jazz ensemble the David Leach Collective, David’s music explores the spaces between jazz, classical, rock, and folk. Their music embodies a poet’s dedication to emotional honesty and expression, enlivened by their adventurous harmonic and rhythmic sensibilities. Praised for their “sublime craft” (Take Effect Reviews) and “intricate compositional world,” (Vardan Ovsepian) their debut record as a leader, The Ground that Holds You as You Fall Forever, featuring Lihi Haruvi, Dor Herskovits, & John Lockwood, was released by Adhyâropa Records in May 2025. Their music has been featured on Apple Music Outer Orbits playlist, as well as ASCAP’s New Music Friday playlist. A recipient of an Avaloch Farm residency, they have also been artist in residence at UC Riverside and Wellesley College. They live in Boston.

quotes & Press

“Each song is like a painting. The space and texture give the listener a chance to see a new work of art in their mind upon each listen.” – Rachel Eckroth

“David Leach’s new album exhibits an intricate compositional world. The listener is invited to a journey, which offers a wide-ranging assemblage of textures, beautifully matched with the immeasurable improvisational spirit of the group.” – Vardan Ovsepian

“Sophisticated and meticulous keys that illuminate Leach’s sublime craft” from the review of “The Ground That Holds You as You Fall Forever” at Take Effect Reviews (Jan., 2026)

Interview with 89.7 GBH Radio hosts Al Davis & Va Lynda Robinson (Dec., 2025)

Press Release for “The Ground That Holds You as You Fall Forever” (May 2025)