David Goldstein was born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada. He began piano lessons at the age of four and soon after discovered a passion for composition. He has Piano Performance and Composition and Theory degrees from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto).

He cultured a love for the ballet by regularly attending performances of the renowned Royal Winnipeg Ballet. He went on to study medicine and completed his training at the Harvard Medical School in Boston. He has divided his time between the practice of the specialty of Pulmonary Medicine (lung diseases) and writing music for dance.

His ballets have been performed throughout Florida. Ballet companies performing his works have included; the Bay Ballet Theatre, Dance Alive, Boca Ballet, Maximum Dance, Southern Ballet Theatre and the Sarasota Ballet. His full length ballets have included: 12 Dancing Princesses, Snow White, Thumbelina, Snow Shaker Past, Ukiyoe (The floating world), The Gate, Gaspar—A Pirate Fantasy, Dracula, Three Musketeers, After Glo Vista, Gaugy Concerto, Zal and Rudabeh (with the Florida West Coast Symphony), Madame Butterfly, Ca D’Zan (with the Ringling Circus) and The Last Call along with many other shorter works.

He is currently practicing medicine and writing music in Sarasota, Florida.