David Greilsammer

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

David Greilsammer (born in Jerusalem, on 10 August 1977) is an Israeli pianist and conductor.