Israeli pianist Nimrod David Pfeffer has been praised for his interpretations of Romantic repertoire, particularly of the music of Chopin, and, in his mid-twenties, is quickly gaining recognition as one of today's distinguished young classical pianists. He made his New York debut May 2008 at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, where he performed in a concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of Israel’s founding. The following year, he returned to give a recital in honor of peace. In 2010 he made his Alice Tully Hall debut in a performance of Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the InterSchool Orchestras of New York and guest soloists from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. In June 2011 he performed music of Chopin on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, in American Ballet Theatre's production of Lady of the Camellias. In July 2011 he was chosen to be a fellow in the prestigious Steans Music Institute at Ravinia Festival.

An acclaimed interpreter of the music of Chopin, Pfeffer gave all-Chopin recitals at such venues as Warsaw's Philharmonic Hall, Royal Park Łazienki, Chopin's house in Zelazowa Wola, and the Royal Cracow Piano Festival.

Pfeffer is also devoted to contemporary music, and has premiered many works written especially for him, including Aharon Harlap's Second Piano Concerto with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in December 2008. He has also appeared as a soloist with the Israeli Symphonic Orchestra Rishon-Leziyon, the Israeli Sinfonietta Orchestra Be'er-Sheva, the European Youth Chamber Orchestra of Styria, the Ra'anana Symphonette Orchestra and the Buchmann-Mehta Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with such conductors as Ormsby Wilkins, Mendi Rodan, Evgeny Zirlin, Vag Papian, Rene Staar, and Omer Wellber.

In addition to these appearances, Pfeffer has given numerous performances in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. His recital at the Russian Kremlin in 2007 was broadcast throughout Russia by Kultura Television Moscow. In the same year he performed for King Abdullah II of Jordan and other world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Jordan, as both pianist and conductor. In 2009 the Israeli Radio, WQXR, and Hong Kong’s Channel 4 dedicated complete programs to his performances.

An enthusiastic chamber musician, he has recently performed three programs for violin and piano with Todd Phillips, recorded the Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Winds with the 84th Street Quintet, and on two occasions commissioned and premiered chamber works at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Pfeffer has garnered numerous awards, including first prize in the International Columbia Chopin Competition (Columbia University, New York, December 2007), the Katcz Competition (Tel-Aviv Academy of Music, January 2005), the Mozart Concerto Competition (Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, February 2002); and second prize in the Tel-Aviv Chopin Competition (November 2001) and Tel-Hai Piano Master-Classes' Concerto Competition, where he was also awarded the Pnina Salzman Memorial Prize and the Commendable Performance Prize (2004-2008). He also won the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Chamber Music Competition in 2005 with Mendelssohn Trio in C minor. He has received scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. He is a current grantee of the Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts, and is additionally sponsored by J. Andrew Lark.

Pfeffer holds a Master's Degree and a Professional Studies Diploma from Mannes College of Music in New York City. He has studied with Gideon Hatzor, Vadim Monastyrski, Pnina Salzman, Victor Rosenbaum and Richard Goode.