David Greilsammer
David Greilsammer (born in Jerusalem, on 10 August 1977) is an Israeli pianist and conductor. Biography. David Greilsammer was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is the eldest of five brothers. He lives nowadays between Paris, Geneva and Tel Aviv. He started studying music at the age of six at the Rubin Conservatory in Jerusalem. After serving in the Israeli Army, he was admitted to the Juilliard School in New York City, as a student of pianist Yoheved Kaplinsky. At Juilliard, he received a Bachelor and Master’s degree, and later on he studied with the American pianist Richard  Goode, in New York. In 2004, David Greilsammer made his debut at Lincoln Center in New York, in a performance that was praised by The New York Times. He then signed his first recording contract with Vanguard Records, releasing his first album, dedicated to Mozart's Early Piano Concertos, which he played and conducted. It is at that period of his life that he started appearing also as a conductor, in addition to his engagements as pianist. Shortly after his first album was released, David Greilsammer started performing in a variety of concert halls and festivals internationally as pianist and  conductor, like the Wigmore Hall in London, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and the Forbidden City Theatre in Beijing. In 2006 David Greilsammer founded the Suedama Ensemble in New York. He recorded with this orchestra several albums, all dedicated to Mozart - a composer that he has been passionate about all his life. He was also appointed to the role of Music Director of the Geneva Chamber Orchestra in 2009. Since 2013, David Greilsammer has served as Music and Artistic director of the Geneva Camerata, an orchestra that presents eclectic multidisciplinary projects, in Switzerland and around the  world. Swiss journalist Jean-Philippe Rapp is the President of the orchestra’s board. With the Geneva Camerata, David Greilsammer has performed at the Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, 92nd Street Y in New York, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Sala São Paulo, Teatro Solis in Montevideo and the Seoul Arts Center. As a conductor and pianist, David Greilsammer has appeared with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Mexico National Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing National Symphony Orchestra, and the Jerusalem  Symphony Orchestra. David Greilsammer's recitals - always featuring innovative and ground-breaking programmes - have been presented at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, Ravinia Festival in Chicago, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C, Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall in Hong Kong, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, CENART in Mexico City, the Verdi Auditorium in Milano, the Picasso Museum in Malaga, Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon, and the Israeli Opera House. Artistic vision and projects. David Greilsammer has always been passionate about innovation and about creating new, eclectic, and audacious musical projects. Throughout his  life, his goal has been to bring classical music to a wider and younger public, making it more accessible and more open. He has made several recordings dedicated to Mozart and in 2008, he decided to perform, in one single day in Paris all of Mozart’s Piano Sonatas, without any intermission, from 10am to 10pm. The same year, he also performed this Mozart “marathon" at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland and on tour in various other venues. David Greilsammer has created numerous projects that bring to life unexpected links between Baroque music and Contemporary music. His "Scarlatti :Cage:Sonatas” recital is an example of such a project, creating a surprising encounter between past and present. He has also collaborated with many jazz, rock and world music artists. Following his mission to open classical music to new audiences, he has also created a variety of projects bringing together classical music with dance, theatre and visual arts. In 2011, he signed a contract with Sony Classical, recording four albums for this label. In 2020, he signed an exclusive contract with naïve, releasing a new solo album named “Labyrinth”. This album has been praised by The New York Times among  other newspapers, magazines, and radio stations.