Gilles Grimaitre is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, performer and curator active in the field of contemporary creation, based in Switzerland. He performs regularly as soloist, chamber musician and with ensemble/orchestras such as Ensemble Contemporain, Ensemble Modern, Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain (NEC), Basel Sinfonietta, Camerata Bern, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, Ensemble Proton. He is a member of Collegium Novum Zürich, THRIPS, Duo Orion, Antoine Françoise & Gilles Grimaitre piano duo. He also founded HYPER DUO with the percussionist/drummer Julien Mégroz. The duo explores as much stylistic contrasts, the search for new forms of performance as intimate collaborations with artists from extra-musical backgrounds. In 2021, their first album « Indigne de nous » was released on Everest Records. He also plays and composes for analog synthesizers, samplers, among other odd noise devices. This creative exploration extends to his work with HYPER DUO and the experimental rock band HYPER LA CHAISE. He studied piano with Pierre Sublet, organ with Pascale Van Coppenolle and composition with Xavier Dayer at the Hochschule der Künste Bern. He was scholarship holder at the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt/Main for the academic year 2013-2014. He won the first prize at the Nicati Competition 2013 in Bern for the interpretation of contemporary music. In 2022 he was awarded a Pro Helvetia residency in South India to study Konnakkol (Carnatic music) with Vidwan B R Somashekar Jois and ‘Ghatam’ Dr S. Karthick. Since 2023 he is Associate Lecturer in the University of Applied Arts in Lucerne.