DAVID GREILSAMMER

CONCERTS

David Greilsammer, conductor
Bâtiment des Forces Motrices - 20:00
Geneva, Switzerland


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RECORDINGS

Labyrinth - 2020

  • Janáček – The Owl Has Not Flown Away
  • Lully – Les Sourdines
  • Janáček – Words Fail!
  • Beethoven – Bagatelle op.126 no.4
  • Crumb – The Magic Circle of Infinity
  • Beethoven - Bagatelle op.126 no.5
  • Ligeti – Fanfares
  • J.S. Bach – Contrapunctus I
  • Ligeti – En Suspens
  • Granados – El Amor y la Muerte
  • Satie – Pièce Froide no.2
  • C.P.E. Bach – Fantasia in D minor
  • Satie – Pièce Froide no.3
  • Pelz – Repetition Blindness, Chapter I
  • Marais - Le Labyrinthe: Chaconne
  • Pelz – Repetition Blindness, Chapter II
  • Scriabin – Nuances
  • Rebel / Keren – Le Chaos
  • Scriabin - Vers la Flamme
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PHOTOS

PRESS

"One of the most accomplished and adventurous musicians of his generation "
The New York Times

"Freshness, elegance, spark, intelligence, simplicity, evidence"
Le Monde

"Extraordinary sensitivity and dramatic flair"
BBC Magazine

"You will jump out of your seat... Astonishing"
The Art Desk

"This may be the boldest and most thrilling album you’ll hear this year"
WQXR New York

"The way Greilsammer played and conducted was free, spontaneous, as if creating the music in real time... it made everyone in the audience smile"
Haaretz

"A classical musician of exceptional probity and freshness"
The Daily Telegraph

"An astonishing achievement... There's no question that he's an artist of major importance"
The San Fancisco Chronicle

"Few recitals I have ever attended have offered such a sense of intense beauty and discovery"
The Daily News NY

"He makes music with such joy that it is simply contagious"
Classica Magazine

"Disarming spontaneity, admirable expressive depth, captivating contrasts and intimate moments of joy"
Rondo Magazine

"Tonight we heard the Mozart and Beethoven of the 21st century "
Busqueda Bogotá

"Greilsammer’s album will fill you with hope for a more unified and peaceful universe"
Sinfini Music

"This young conductor injects such rhythmical precision that it reveals colours of extraordinary vivacity"
Resmusica Magazine

BIOGRAPHY

Recognised as one of today’s most audacious conductors and pianists, David Greilsammer has been invited to perform in the world’s greatest concert halls, presenting innovative projects, bold interpretations, and ground-breaking encounters between different artistic genres and disciplines.

Released by Naïve, his most recent solo album, Labyrinth, has received numerous prizes and has been described by the press as ‘radical, ‘courageous’, and ‘astounding’. His other recordings as conductor and pianist, released by Sony Classical, have been awarded many distinctions, including from The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Sunday Times.

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 both Baroque and Contemporary music, in addition to revealing unique interpretations of the major symphonic masterpieces, from Beethoven to Ravel, Shostakovich, and Stravinsky.

David Greilsammer has appeared as conductor/soloist with the BBC Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Symphoniker Hamburg, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, Beijing National Symphony, Israel Symphony, Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, and Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México.

After conducting at the Geneva Opera House, this season he conducts the pioneering opera “Alice” at the Avignon Opera House in France.

Since 2013, David Greilsammer has been Music and Artistic Director of the Geneva Camerata (GECA), one of the most eclectic and adventurous orchestras worldwide. With GECA, he has presented visionary multi-disciplinary performances at the Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, 92Y in New York, Tokyo Musashino Hall, Seoul Arts Center, and Sala São Paulo.

In 2022, David Greilsammer was also appointed as Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Medellín Philharmonic in Colombia, one of the leading orchestras in Latin America, as well as a Grammy winner and a recipient of the Classical:NEXT Innovation Award.

Always revealing thrilling programmes, 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, Oriental Art Center in Shanghai, Venice Biennale, and The National Theatre of Namibia.

CONTACT

David Greilsammer is represented by
Lomonaco Artists - Sarah Bruce
info@lomonaco-artists.com
T: +44 (0)20 7538 2203
M: + 44 (0)7803 923 661
www.lomonaco-artists.com

Australia & New Zealand
Emblem Artists - Elaine Armstrong
elaine@emblemartists.com
+61 499 454 240
www.emblemartists.com

Japan
Pacific Concert Management - Hiromi Tanaka
tanaka@pacific-concert.co.jp
+81 (0) 3 35523831
www.pacific-concert.co.jp/

Latin America
Halac Artists - Désirée Halac
desiree.halac@gmail.com
+34 633 308 484
www.halacartists.com

Italy
APM Alessandro Panetto Management - Alessandro Panetto
alessandro@apmanagement.eu
www.apmanagement.eu
+39 349 772 9250

For inquiries about the Geneva Camerata:
Inès Nouara - Press & Media
i.nouara@genevacamerata.com
+41 22 310 05 45
www.genevacamerata.com

NEWSLETTER SIGNUP

For any inquiry regarding David Greilsammer's latest album:
Naïve Records - Pierre-Antoine Devic
pierre-antoine.devic@believedigital.com
+33 (0) 6 81464060


For Press & Publicity in the US: Rebecca Davis PR
Rebecca Davis
rebecca@rebeccadavispr.com
+1 347 432 8832
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For Press & Publicity in France: Agence Sequenza Marianne Gaussiat mgaussiat@sequenza-comprod.com
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For Press & Publicity in Germany: For Artists PR Birgit Niemeyer birgit.niemeyer@forartists.de
+49 177 7859275 www.forartists.de