David Greilsammer
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Biography
David Greilsammer was born in Jerusalem, Israel. He started his music studies at the age of six at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem. After completing his military service in Israel he entered The Juilliard SchoolJuilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
in New York as a student of Yoheved Kaplinsky
Yoheved Kaplinsky
Yoheved "Veda" Kaplinsky is an award-winning classical pianist, lecturer and professor of music at the Juilliard School...
. Following studies in piano and conducting, he went on to work with the American pianist Richard Goode
Richard Goode
Richard Goode is an American classical pianist, especially known for his interpretations of Ludwig van Beethoven and chamber music.Goode was born in East Bronx, New York...
. David Greilsammer made his debut in 2004 in New York, as soloist at Lincoln Center, in a performance that was hailed by the New York Times. Since then, he has appeared in the most important music festivals worldwide and in the most prestigious concert halls. Since 2010, David Greilsammer is also the Music Director and principal
conductor of the Geneva Chamber Orchestra.
Discography
In 2005, after completing his studies at Juilliard, David Greilsammer signed his first recording contract with the American label Vanguard Classics. He made his first recording for Vanguard in New York, as pianist and conductor, with a program dedicated to Mozart’s early piano concertos. This recording was praised by critics and audiences, leading immediately to an exclusive contract with the French label Naïve. For Naïve, David Greilsammer made three recordings that have received numerous prizes and awards:- “fantaisie_fantasme”, a solo piano disc that presents an encounter between different musical worlds, from baroque to contemporary music.
- Mozart’s concertos no. 22 and 24, as pianist and conductor, with the Suedama Ensemble
Suedama Ensemble
The Suedama Ensemble is a chamber orchestra based in New York.It was founded in 2005 by the pianist and conductor David Greilsammer. The orchestra is made of young musicians from many different nationalities and backgrounds. Its repertoire goes from early baroque to contemporary music...
, a New York based orchestra created by David Greilsammer in 2005.
- Live concert from Salle Pleyel in Paris, with works by Alexandre Tansman, Nadia Boulanger and George Gershwin, accompanied by the Orchestre
Philharmonique de Radio-France. In this disc, the concertos of Tansman and Boulanger have received their world-premiere recording.
Artistic vision and Projects
David Greilsammer is known internationally for his interpretation of Mozart’s music. In 2008, he performed, in a one-day marathon, all of Mozart’s piano sonatas in Paris. He then performed all the sonatas again at the Verbier FestivalVerbier Festival
The Verbier Festival is an international music festival that takes place annually for two weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland.Founded by Swedish expatriate Martin T...
and on tour worldwide. Also known for his interpretation of Baroque and Contemporary music, David Greilsammer is recognized as an audacious artist who creates unique and unusual programs for his concerts.
Among his most renowned recital programs-- “Gates”, performed for the first time in New York in 2010, and “Scarlatti: Cage: Sonatas”, performed for the first time in Paris in 2009, with two pianos on stage. A strong believer in the need to open the classical music world to new and younger audiences, David Greilsammer creates every year original projects mixing dance, theatre, and music, as well as new musical projects for children.