David Greilsammer

David Greilsammer was born in 1977 in Jerusalem

David Greilsammer was born in Jerusalem on 10 August 1977. He is the eldest of five sons of Miriam and Ilan Greilsammer, lecturers at Bar-Ilan University. His brother Michael Greilsammer is a musician.

He began studying music at age 6 at the Rubin Conservatory in Jerusalem. After his army service he studied piano at the Juilliard School in New York with Yoheved Kaplinsky and also studied conducting. He later continued his studies with pianist Richard Goode.

In 2004 he made his debut at Lincoln Center in New York. His first album, of early Mozart piano concertos, he both played and conducted. He went on to perform with orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony and in halls in London, Tokyo and Paris.

He founded the Suedama Ensemble in New York and later led the Geneva Camerata as music and artistic director. In 2008 he played all of Mozart's piano sonatas in one day in Paris. His projects mix Baroque and contemporary music, as well as dance and theater.

He signed with Sony Classical in 2011 and with naïve in 2020, releasing the solo album Labyrinth. Since 2022 he has been chief conductor and music director of the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra in Colombia.