David Grimal
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1973 |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist |
| Instruments | Violin |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website | www.davidgrimal.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Stradivarius violin (1710) | |
David Grimal (born 1973) is a French violinist. He started to play the violin at the age of five. He won First Prize in violin and chamber music at the Paris Conservatory in 1993. Afterwards he did his postgraduate studies with Regis Pasquier. He also enriched and deepened his musicality by studying with such personalities as Philipp Hirschhorn, Shlomo Mintz, Isaac Stern.
David Grimal pursues an international career as a solo violinist, which has seen him performing regularly over the past twenty years in the world’s leading classical music venues and with prestigious orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Russian National Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Berliner Symphoniker, New Japan Philharmonic, Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia Varsovia, under the direction of Christoph Eschenbach, Michel Plasson, Michael Schønwandt, Peter Csaba, Heinrich Schiff, Lawrence Foster, Emmanuel Krivine, Mikhail Pletnev, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Péter Eötvös, Andris Nelsons, Christian Arming, among others... He has been the honoured recipient of dedicated works by various composers, among whom are counted Marc-André Dalbavie, Brice Pauset, Thierry Escaich, Jean-François Zygel, Alexander Gasparov, Victor Kissine, Fuminori Tanada, Richard Dubugnon, Ivan Fedele, Philippe Harrowing, Anders Hillborg, Oscar Bianchi, Guillaume Connesson and Frederic Verrières. In addition, David Grimal has for many years taken part in recitals with George Pludermacher. They have toured worldwide and their collaborative discography, which features works by Ravel, Debussy, Bartok, Franck, Strauss, Enescu, Szymanowski and Janáček, has reaped countless awards (Strad Selection, 5 star BBC Mag, Arte Sélection, Télérama’s ƒƒƒƒ, etc.).
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