David Fray’s Recording of the Goldberg Variations to Be Released by Warner Classics
Erato/Warner Classics will release David Fray’s recent studio recording, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, on Friday, 26 November.. This will be the fourth instalment in Fray’s growing Bach discography, following recordings of solo Keyboard Concertos (BWV 1052, 1055, 1056,...
David Fray Joins Peter Mattei for Schubert’s Winterreise
David Fray will perform Winterreise alongside Peter Mattei in a recital at Oper Frankfurt on Tuesday, October 26. They recently debuted this collaboration at the Turku Music Festival in Finland, and now look forward to sharing Schubert’s masterpiece with an audience...
Pianist David Fray Performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations at the Gulbenkian Festival and for Pianomania
David Fray will perform the Goldberg Variations in a recital at the Gulbenkian Festival in Lisbon, Portugal, on the evening of Wednesday, 6 October. The performance will afterwards be streamed on Arte.tv as part of the platform’s Pianomania series, beginning on...
David Fray Wins Opus Klassik Award for Innovative Concert of the Year for “Ghost Light”
David Fray has won the 2021 Opus Klassik Award for Innovative Concert of the Year. He is honoured for his Schubert interpretation in the brilliant ballet production Ghost Light by fellow award winner, the choreographer John Neumeier, with the Hamburg Ballet. Seeing...
David Fray to Play Schubert in New John Neumeier Ballet
Ghost Light, the first ballet created for the times of corona, will premiere in Hamburg this month before traveling to Baden Baden for four performances on October 8th through 11th. Arte will stream the performances live. The ballet is set to Schubert’s piano...
David Fray Gives Concert of “Immense Beauty” at Santiago’s Municipal Theater
David returned to Chile to perform Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Santiago’s Municipal Theater on 24 July. Álvaro Gallegos on radio station ADN91.7 calls Fray’s performance “excellent,” noting that it was, “a moment of peace and inspiration courtesy of...
DAVID FRAY & RENAUD CAPUÇON’S NEW ALBUM, BACH: SONATAS, IS AVAILABLE NOW ON ERATO
Two celebrated soloists recording together for the first time, pianist David Fray and violinist Renaud Capuçon turn to Johann Sebastian Bach and four of his sonatas for violin and keyboard: No 3 in E major, No 4 in C minor, No. 5 in F minor and No 6 in G major. The...
Bach – Concertos for 2, 3 & 4 Pianos is Classic FM’s Album of the Week
"David Fray presents a collaborative album of Bach concertos for two, three and four pianos. He performs with Audrey Vigoureux, Emmanuel Christien and Jacques Rouvier in what he calls "a musical family affair". Fray, along with Vigoureux and Christien, has studied...
David Fray Delights in Chicago with CSO and Christoph Eschenbach
David Fray performed Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Christoph Eschenbach. Writing in the Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner praised Fray, writing: "David Fray, who has played in Chicago elegant Mozart with the orchestra...
David Fray Returns to the CSO for the 2018/19 Season
David Fray has been announced as a guest artist returning to perform with Chicago Symphony Orchestra during the 2018/19 season. David’s return to the CSO follows four dates with the prestigious U.S. orchestra between 22nd-27th February, where he performs Chopin’s...
David Fray Draws Crowd in Cleveland with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24
David Fray and the Cleveland Orchestra drew one of the largest audiences of the summer at the Blossom Music Center on 29th July 2017, with a "luminous" performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24. Of the performance, Zachary Lewis (Cleveland's The Plain Dealer) said...
OUT NOW! David Fray’s First Recording Dedicated to The Music of Chopin
“I had put Chopin to one side and wasn’t even sure whether I would play him again one day,” says the French pianist David Fray. Chopin’s music had been absent from Fray’s active repertoire for some 15 years before he recorded his new recital album, which comprises...
David Fray To Perform Ravel’s Piano Concerto In Dublin This Friday (20 May)
David returns to Dublin's National Symphony Hall on Friday, 20 May, to perform Ravel's jazz-inspired piano concerto alongside the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, with Gérard Korsten conducting. The programme also features Haydn's Symphony No. 96 "The Miracle",...
Re-live David Fray’s Schumann and Strauss Recital With l’Orchestre National de France
Listen to David’s Performance at The Royal Festival Hall
David Fray's performance on 18th February at The Royal Festival Hall in London can be heard on BBC's iPlayer. David performed alongside the Philharmonia Orchestra, and you can listen to performances of music by Ravel and Debussy, as well as David's performance of...
David Fray at Royal Festival Hall with The Philharmonia Orchestra
David Fray performed at The Royal Festival Hall with The Philharmonia Orchestra on 18th February, scintillating the audience with a rendition of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24. Both David and French conductor Alain Altinoglu, making his debut with the Philharmonia,...
David Fray Steps In To Perform Alongside The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
David Fray has stepped in to perform with The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on 26, 27 and 28 February for Martin Frost, who has had to cancel due to illness. David will play/direct Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor at the Ordway Concert Hall in Minnesota. Click...
David To Perform At The Festival Pianistico Internazionale
On 3 May 2016, David will be performing at The Festival Pianistico Internazionale in Brescia, Italy. The Festival Pianistico Internazionale is one of the world's largest events that dedicates itself to the celebration of the piano. The festival has not only hosted...
David Fray & The German Symphony Orchestra At The DSO Berlin
“David Fray had the difficult task to play this on the day after the Paris attacks. But music can impart strength when she is strong." - Deutschlandradio Kultur The musicians of the DSO Berlin, featuing pianist David Fray, were tasked with the challenge of performing...
Read David’s New Feature in The Epoch Times
“An artist has to fight against his own fears and weaknesses, and being an artist is not only working on music, it’s working on yourself through music." - David Fray David recently sat down with The Epoch Times' Milene Fernandez and spoke candidly on what inspires and...