In brilliant balance the JCOM conducted by Daniel Grossmann presents their variability in tonal language. Intricately Grossmann leads his orchestra through the small but powerful discharges, breaking out of the delicate sound base. (Neue Musikzeitung) DANIEL GROSSMANN has spent his entire professional life searching for the place of Jewish culture in the collective consciousness and contributing to intercultural dialogue by communicating this culture. With these issues in mind, the conductor founded the JEWISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MUNICH in 2005. Since then he has built the orchestra into an internationally recognised professional ensemble performing at the highest musical level. He has also developed a profile for the JCOM that stands out with its unusual projects even in the rich Munich cultural life.

Daniel Grossmann focuses on projects on the here and now, and skillfully combines the music of the past with contemporary forms of expression making the JCOM’s concerts impressive events. Of course the activities of the Artistic Director of JCOM also involve forgotten, persecuted and silenced Jewish 20th-century composers, whom the articulate speaker and passionate researcher portrays unmoderated concerts.

Daniel Grossmann was born to a Jewish-Hungarian family in 1978 in Munich, Germany, where he lives. He studied in his hometown with Hans-Rudolf Zöbeley, then at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City with Scott Bergeson and at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest with Ervin Lukács. His extensive discography includes Jewish composers like Alexander Zemlinsky, Viktor Ullmann, Paul Ben-Haim and Marc Neikrug as well as works by Iannis Xenakis, John Cage and Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony. As recognition for his tireless work in cultural communication, GROSSMANN was awarded the Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum prize by the Bavarian Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts in 2012.