“His interpretations are musically polished, technically elegant and vividly demonstrate the intellectual component of music,” – this is how the newspaper described David Frey’s performance The New York Times.
The French pianist creates an unusual balance between reflection and emotionality, technical care and poetry of playing. David Fre’s approach to work includes three strict basic rules – “sing, swing and think!”. The rule “swingo” is related to the rhythmic structure of the composition, while “sing” and “think” reflect the performer’s own personality. “I try to make the instrument sing. The piano is wonderful, but to play you need to overcome the limits imposed by the nature of the percussion instrument. I prefer not the acrobatics of the keys, but the thoughtfulness of the playing. My approach is ten percent finger work and ninety percent intellect,” he explains .
“I want to show the audience the beauty that usually goes unnoticed. The artist must help the viewer and the listener to see, hear and feel,” David Fre is convinced.
In his art, pianist Dāvids Fre creates an unusual balance between reflection and emotionality, technical care and the poetry of playing. Photo by François Berthier
The musician was born in 1981 in Tarb in the French Pyrenees. His parents are educators: his mother is a German language teacher, his father is a philosophy teacher. Davidus Fre began to learn the piano at the age of four. After graduation, he continued his studies at the Paris National Conservatoire under Jacques Rouvier. Growing up in an atmosphere saturated with the German language and philosophical judgments, the musician chose an intellectual approach to playing the piano as well.
In 2004, David Frey won the Montreal International Piano Competition. In 2006, he was honored with a standing ovation at the Théâtre de Châtelet in Paris, where he had been invited to replace Hélène Grimaud at the last minute. Immediately after this performance, David Frey became one of the rare pianists of the new generation who signed an exclusive contract with a record company. Virgin Classics.
The first recorded album by David Frey Bach & Boulez came out already in 2007, it was recognized as the best record of the year by newspapers The Times and The evening. The second album Bach: Piano Concertos (2008), recorded with the German Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Bremen, won the German Recording Academy Award. An album followed Schubert Impromptus Op. 90 & Musical Moments (2009), which was praised by critics for its “surprising playing sensitivity and deep understanding of the complex inner world of Franz Schubert”.
In the following five years, Frey released three more albums – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 25 (2010), Bach: Piano Works (2013) and Schubert: Fantasy (2015). In 2021, Bach was released Goldberg variation record.
A documentary film is dedicated to Dāvida Frey’s work Sing, Swing & Think (2008) directed by the respected French musician and director Bruno Monsajon.
Dāvid Fre’s concert in Riga is organized by the association of producers Winstag Production, OU. Tickets are available for purchase Ticket paradises in the network.
2024-01-17 20:31:05
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