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Pianist, composer and professor, Laurent Grynszpan is driven by a desire to transmit, a troubadour telling his story through music,
that becomes part of our collective memory.
Laurent Grynszpan is a versatile composer who brings his unique style to classical music, traditional music, and theater. His work reflects a wealth of musical universes, combining original compositions, arrangements, and musical remembrance.
Recorded Works and Compositions
For classical music, he created Souvenirs de la Belle Époque (Universal Music Publishing), an original repertoire for piano four-hands recorded at the Salle Wagram in Paris. He also arranged and orchestrated traditional music for the album Jacinta, Autres Chansons Yiddish (Occora Radio France) and composed for film, notably the soundtrack for Tzedek, les Justes and Birobidjan, Birobidjan! by writer Marek Halter.
In 2018, he recorded excerpts from his musicals with the ensemble Le quartet funambule, an album released by PennyBank Tunes under the title Pictures of the Past. In 2020, the same label commissioned about fifteen pieces for solo piano in the Piano Stories collection. In 2025, he released original music for the album Rhapsody of Remembrance.
Musical Tales : A Family Legacy
Since 2007, Laurent Grynszpan has told his family's history through musicals. À la recherche des étoiles (Editions Taklit) pays tribute to his mother, a hidden child whose parents were deported to Auschwitz.
Le Sculpteur de Songes evokes the memory of his paternal grandfather who fled antisemitic Poland.
La Légende de l'Orchestre funambule, for choir, string orchestra, and piano, honors his American father-in-law who participated in the D-Day landing of June 6, 1944.
These musicals have been performed numerous times: À la recherche des étoiles became a project for the Paris Academy in 2007 with sixteen schools, then was performed again in 2008 and 2009 in several cities in France.
Le Sculpteur de Songes premiered in December 2008 as part of Franco-Swedish cultural exchange, and La Légende de l'Orchestre funambule in June 2010 at the Espace Jacques Tati in Orsay.
Other Scenic and Educational Creations
Laurent wrote the music for Méliès! Cabaret Magique (Théâtre à Bretelles), a show combining cinema, magic, theater, and music, presented over 200 times in France and at the Avignon Off Festival in 2017. In 2011, he arranged Offenbach airs for piano four-hands (À Quand le Cancan? (harmonia mundi, 2015), then set to music Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon by Eugène Labiche, premiered at the Sorbonne in 2013. In 2020, Laurent wrote additional music for Lauren Fodor’s children’s show, Jacque's Extraordinary Adventure.
As an educator, Laurent taught at the Edgar Varèse Conservatory in Gennevilliers, which commissioned 24 Miniatures for piano and instruments from him in 2021.
In 2024, cellist Olivia Gay commissioned him to compose a piece for solo cello and ensemble of young musicians entitled Pièce pour la forêt (Piece for the Forest).