JOSEPH GRAMLEY
Percussion
Described as “…Brilliant…” by The New York Times: GRAMMY award winner Joseph Gramley performs around the world as a founding member of The Silkroad Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma and Rhiannon Giddens, performs with English organist Clive Driskill-Smith in the duo, Organized Rhythm, is principal timpanist and percussionist with The Knights, and is widely heard and seen in his dynamic solo percussion concerts. He joined the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in August of 2019 and serves now as Chair of the department. Gramley has performed with: the Metropolitan Opera (on stage with Placido Domingo), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (US tour), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (US and international tours), Orchestra of St. Luke's, Chicago Symphony Orchestra (soloist), Seattle Symphony, Orchestre de Lyon, Dawn Upshaw (US and international tours), David Robertson (Carnegie Hall), Spoleto Festival (soloist), Martha Graham Dance Company, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Mark Morris Dance Group (US and international tours), New York City Ballet, Glen Velez (US tour), Keiko Abe (PASIC), Aretha Franklin, Elton John and numerous others.
“Tremendous Vitality, Character And Sophistication”
Christoph Eschenbach