David Smeyers has been played on NTS in shows including Jake FM, featured first on 7 May 2021. Songs played include Suite For Flute And B Flat Clarinet (1953).

David Smeyers was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received his formal musical education at The Juilliard School and, with the help of a Fulbright Grant, at the Conservatoire de Musique in Rouen, France. Mr. Smeyers obtained prizes at the International Clarinet Competitions in Toulon and Paris. His work as a soloist, with Beate Zelinsky (together they form „Das Klarinettenduo Zelinsky/Smeyers") and as a member of the „Quartett Avance" has taken him to North and South America, Asia and Europe. He has collaborated with several well-known composers (György Kurtág, Helmut Lachenmann, Giacinto Scelsi and Karlheinz Stockhausen, among others). He has made numerous radio, record and CD productions (Elliott Carter, Hanns Eisler, Helmut Lachenmann, Daniel Rothman, Giacinto Scelsi, Stefan Wolpe in cooperation with the CPO, col legno, Los Angeles River Records, ProViva, Thorofon, and Wergo labels). He has written extensively for English and German language music publications. Beate Zelinsky and David Smeyers' volume Pro Musica Nova/Studies for the playing of contemporary music for Clarinet was published by Breitkopf & Härtel. Currently Mr. Smeyers is Director of New Music Studies and Artistic Director of the ‚ensemble für neue musik' at the Hochschule für Musik Köln (Germany).