Alexej Gerassimez (born 1987 in Essen) is a German solo percussion player and composer.
[4] In 2015 he took up a tutoring position at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in England.
[5] The work takes its inspiration from Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and was commissioned in 2020 by the Tonhall Düsseldorf and dedicated to Gerassimez.
The premiere performance took place in 2021 with the Berlin Radio Symphony under Markus Poschner.
[6][7] Gerassimez has made numerous recordings and CDs and is also a composer.