Greg Giannascoli is a marimba and percussion artist and a percussionist with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. He won the 2001 Artist International New York Recital / Young Artist Competition and was a top prizewinner of the 1997 Patrons of Wisdom International Young Artist Competition.
He tours as a soloist with orchestras and appears in recitals across North America, Europe, and Asia, including Community Concert Series programs throughout the United States. His recital venues have included Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Theatro Juarez in Mexico, and the Glenn Gould Studio in Canada. He performed with Orchestra 2001 on the Grammy-nominated recording of George Crumb’s American Song Book VII: Songs of the Heartland.
He performs on Yamaha 6000 and 4600 marimbas and a 2700 studio vibraphone, using Malletech mallets and Sabian cymbals. His book Opinions on Playing the Marimba, a collection of interviews with leading marimba players, was published by Heartland Marimba Festival Publications in 2021.