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, Russian National Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburgunder under the direction of Christoph Eschenbach, Michael Schønwandt, Heinrich Schiff, Lawrence Foster, Emmanuel Krivine, and Christian Arming, among others.
Mr. Grimal has been the honored recipient of dedicated works by various well-known composers, and has taken part in recitals with George Pludermacher for many years. They have toured worldwide and their discography has reaped countless awards, including Strad Selection, 5 Star BBC Mag, Arte Sélection, etc. Mr. Grimal has been Artist in Residence at the Opéra de Dijon. Heteaches violin at the Musikhochschule, Germany. He also presides over many Master Classes and was a jury member of many international competitions.
In addition to pursuing his career as a solo artist, Mr. Grimal has been keen to explore more personal projects. The liberty afforded by his collaboration with Les Dissonances has enabled him to develop his inner universe by venturing into repertoires not available to soloists.With Les Dissonances, he has founded “L’Autre Saison”, a series of concerts performed to the benefit homeless people. He was appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministre de la Culture.