Pianist and conductor David Greilsammer is recognised as one of the most adventurous and imaginative artists of today. Following his concert debut in 2004 at New York’s Lincoln Center, he went on to become ‘Young Musician of the Year’ at the French Music Awards in 2008 and has since gained international acclaim for his intelligent and audacious approach to music. Impressing audiences and critics alike with his fascinating programmes, Greilsammer’s performances have been hailed for their exceptional sensitivity, freshness and elegance.

In 2009, David Greilsammer became Music Director of the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, whose international standing is rapidly developing under his leadership. Not only is Greilsammer bringing a tremendously eclectic variety of repertoire to the orchestra – including three world premières in the current season – he is also introducing innovative projects in exceptional new venues, presenting collaborations with world-renowned performers from all artistic fields and creating interactive music programmes for young audiences. Last June, the press described his appearance with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra at the Istanbul International Music Festival as “sublime”.

The current season sees David Greilsammer and the Geneva Chamber Orchestra begin their long-term guest residency at the prestigious new Parisian cultural flagship – La Gaîté lyrique – presenting a series of concerts mixing dance, theatre, video and music. During this residency, Greilsammer appears as pianist, conductor and chamber musician.

In 2011, David Greilsammer signed exclusively to Sony Classical; his first disc on the label is a piano recital of Baroque and Contemporary works to be released in Spring 2012.

Widely known as a unique Mozart interpreter and specialist, David Greilsammer devotes a significant part of his career to Mozart’s music. In addition to playing and conducting Mozart’s piano concertos around the world, he has performed the complete Mozart Piano Sonatas in a one-day ‘marathon’ in Paris and at the Verbier Festival.

Last season saw a number of important international debuts for David Greilsammer: concerts with the San Francisco Symphony; with the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra under Ivor Bolton at the Mozartwoche; and with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra at Suntory Hall. He also appeared as guest conductor with the Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino and the Israel Chamber Orchestra in Tel Aviv.

Highlights of this season include play/direct concerts with the Tel Aviv Soloists and the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, conducting engagements with the Orchestre de Picardie and Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse and a special concert at Geneva International Airport with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra.

As a recitalist, David Greilsammer appeared in 2010 at New York’s Lincoln Center in an inspiring programme named “Gates”, a performance described by the New York Times as “exquisite”. Later that year he gave a highly successful recital at London’s Wigmore Hall, and last season made his recital debut in Tokyo. With a passion for exploring contrasting musical worlds, Greilsammer’s recital programmes frequently juxtapose works from the past and present; at London’s Kings Place last season he created a programme alternating sonatas by Cage and Scarlatti, and he returns there this season to curate an event entitled “Dancing Through Time”.

David Greilsammer is Artistic Director of the Suedama Ensemble in New York, with whom he made his debut recording of Mozart’s early piano concertos in 2006, conducted from the keyboard. The remarkable success of this disc was immediately followed by an exclusive contract with Naïve Records and three more recordings: a solo disc named “fantaisie_fantasme”, selected by The Sunday Times as one of the “2007 Records of the Year”; a critically-acclaimed recording of Mozart’s late piano concertos; and a live concert with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France from Salle Pleyel in Paris, where Greilsammer performed the largely forgotten “Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra” by Nadia Boulanger, along with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

Born in Jerusalem in 1977, David Greilsammer started his piano studies at the Rubin Conservatory in his native city. He later attended The Juilliard School in New York as a student of Yoheved Kaplinsky, before going on to work with Richard Goode. He currently resides in Paris and Geneva.