David Greilsammer
Conductor / Piano
Recognised as one of today’s most audacious conductors and pianists, David Greilsammer has performed in the world’s greatest concert halls and festivals, presenting innovative projects, visionary interpretations, and groundbreaking encounters between different artistic genres and disciplines.
Since 2013, David Greilsammer is Music and Artistic Director of the Geneva Camerata (GECA), one of the most adventurous orchestras worldwide. With GECA, he has presented eclectic performances at the Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, 92Y in New York, Tokyo Musashino Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, and Sala São Paulo. He has also served as Chief Conductor of the Medellín Philharmonic in Colombia, winner of a Grammy Award and a Classical:Next Innovation Award.
Acclaimed for his Mozart interpretations, David Greilsammer has performed all of Mozart’s Piano Sonatas in a one-day “marathon” in Paris, in addition to playing and conducting all of Mozart’s twenty-seven Piano Concertos in nine consecutive concerts. As a conductor, he has been a passionate performer of baroque and contemporary music, in addition to revealing unique interpretations of symphonic masterpieces, from Bruckner to Ravel, Shostakovich and Stravinsky.
David Greilsammer has recently made his debut as pianist and conductor at the Paris Philharmonie, playing and conducting an all-Beethoven programme. In the last seasons, he has appeared as conductor/soloist with the BBC Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Symphoniker Hamburg, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Beijing Symphony, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile.
At the opera, David Greilsammer makes his Spanish debut this season, conducting Britten’s masterpiece “Owen Wingrave” at the Tenerife Opera House, where he will also be returning to conduct Janacek’s “Katja Kabanova”. After conducting the pioneering contemporary opera “Alice” in Avignon, he will be back to France to conduct Rossini at the Limoges Opera House next season.
David Greilsammer’s 10th album, “Dance or Die”, will be released this season by Naïve. His previous solo album, “Labyrinth”, has received numerous prizes and has been described by the press as ‘radical and ‘astounding’. His nine other recordings as conductor and pianist, released by Sony Classical and Naïve, have been awarded various distinctions, including from The New York Times and The Sunday Times.
Always creative and original, David Greilsammer’s piano recitals have been presented at Lincoln Center in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall in London, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Verbier Festival, Beijing Forbidden City, Venice Biennale, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and Mexico Centro Nacional de las Artes.
In addition to his concerts, David Greilsammer is involved in numerous humanitarian causes. Collaborating with various associations and NGOs, he has developed social, educational, and musical projects, primarily for children in need in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
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