David Fray

David Fray (born 24 May 1981 in Tarbes, Pyrenees ) is a French pianist who became a piano - Shooting Star, as he replaced in June 2006 with concerts by the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen for the diseased Hélène Grimaud in Paris and Brussels.

Life

At the age of four years, the son of Kant and Hegel - scholar and a teacher with Czech-Polish- Finnish roots began playing the piano. He was taught by Jacques Rouvier, who also gave his French colleague keys Hélène Grimaud piano lessons.

In addition to numerous prizes and awards, he won the Diploma of Outstanding Merit of the International Hamamatsu Piano Competition in Japan, the title of young soloist of the year, the Commission des Radios Francophones in Montreal (2004) and was elected to France in 2004 for New Artist of the Year. For his Bach-/Boulez-CD Fray was honored twice in 2008: The BBC Music Magazine named him Newcomer of the Year, also, he received the German ECHO Klassik 2008 in the category Solo Recording 20-21. Century.

His first orchestral CD of piano concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (Piano Concerto in A major BWV 1055, Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056, Concerto for Piano in G minor, BWV 1058, Piano Concerto in D minor BWV 1052 ) David Fray in 2008 with the German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen recorded in the rehearsal hall of the orchestra in Bremen Easter wood Tenever. The filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon has the pianist portrayed cinematically in Swing, Sing & think in these recordings.

On 18 October 2009, the German Phono Academy honored him for these shots: In the category of Instrumentalist of the Year Fray was awarded in the Dresden Semperoper the Echo Klassik 2009. In the same category Fray was awarded on February 8, 2010 with the coveted French musical Les Victoires de la musique price classique.

Fray, who is often compared because of his habit with the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould called, even the German pianist Wilhelm Kempff as his role model. His singing, groping, yet narratively auftrumpfender piano style characterize "one of the most independent piano spirits of the present," Kai Luehrs -Kaiser wrote in Der Spiegel, adding: ". Fray plays Bach the most exciting in decades "