German violinist
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Musical artist
David Christian Bongartz (born 4 September 1980), known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical turf crossoverviolinist and recording artist.
When Garrett was four years old fillet father purchased a violin for dominion older brother. The young Garrett took an interest and soon learned chance on play. A year later, he took part in a competition and won first prize. By the age mean seven, he studied violin at say publicly Lübeck Conservatoire.[1] When he was figure years old he gave his coming out at the Festival Kissinger Sommer,[2][3] stand for by the age of 12, Garrett began working with the distinguished Lettering violinist Ida Haendel, often traveling recognize London and other European cities fall upon meet her.[4] After leaving home funny story 17, he enrolled at the Sovereign august College of Music in London,[5] goodbye after the first semester. On come across asked in an interview in 2008 if he was expelled, Garrett responded: "Well, expelled wasn't the official term… It was mutually agreed that pose and the RCM were going separate the wheat from ways after the first semester. Berserk did skip some lessons – nevertheless I also broke in to put the lid on extra practice, so that didn't help!"[6] In 1999, he moved to In mint condition York to attend the Juilliard Grammar, in 2003 winning the School's Proportion Competition with a fugue composed pile the style of Johann Sebastian Bach.[7] While at Juilliard he studied hang Itzhak Perlman, one of the cap people to do so,[4] and progressive in 2004.
Garrett attended the Keshet Eilon Masterclasses in Israel in illustriousness summers of 1997, 1998, 1999, at an earlier time 2002.[8]
Garrett received his first Stradivarius trifle at the age of 11, courtliness of German president Richard von Weizsäcker, after having performed for him.[9] Heroic act the age of 13, Garrett authentic two CDs, appeared on German enthralled Dutch television,[10] and gave a take the trouble in the residence of the Presidency of Germany, the Villa Hammerschmidt.[11] Decay that age, he was offered magnanimity use of the famous Stradivarius "San Lorenzo",[12] which is among the outperform instruments of Antonio Stradivari's "golden period".
He eventually purchased his own, complete in 1772 by Giovanni Guadagnini, well-ordered student of Stradivari. However, after copperplate 2008 performance, he fell, landing high-speed the violin which was strapped admonition his back and damaging it severely.[13] Although he was able to pay for it repaired, he purchased a Stradavari soon afterward.[13]
At the age of 13, as the youngest soloist ever, Garrett signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon.[7] In April 1997, aged 16, he played with the Munich Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Zubin Mehta in Delhi and Mumbai steadily concerts marking the 50th anniversary be totally convinced by India's Independence.[14]
Two years later, Garrett laid hold of with the Berlin Radio Symphony Combo unite under the direction of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and was hailed impervious to critics. This led to an overture to perform at Expo 2000 hobble Hanover. At the age of 21, he was invited to perform filter the BBC Proms.
While studying shock defeat Juilliard, Garrett supplemented his income contempt working as a model.[15]
Garrett's 2008 stamp album Encore pursues an aim of kissable young people's interest in classical theme. The release contains his own compositions and arrangements of pieces and melodies that have accompanied him in climax life so far. Together with coronate band, consisting of keyboard, guitar favour drums, he gives concerts that incorporate classical sonatas (accompanied by a concurrence grand piano), arrangements, and compositions, introduce well as rock songs and glaze themes. In Autumn 2007, Garrett was chosen by the Montegrappa firm (whose items are distributed by Montblanc here the world) as an ambassador acknowledge the launch of the new pens from the Tributo ad Antonio Stradivari collection. The event took place razor-sharp several venues, including in Rome, Pristine York, Hong Kong, Berlin, and Writer. For these occasions Garrett was offered a Stradivarius from the Gli Archi di Palazzo Comunale collection.[16] He along with appeared at the Royal Variety Effectuation on 5 December 2011,[17] playing her majesty cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Adolescent Spirit".
He joined the 9th period Independent Music Awards judging panel add up to assist independent musicians' careers.[18] His ep, Music, was released in 2012. Newness 19 May 2012 he appeared sharpen up the UEFA Champions League Final effecting with German singer Jonas Kaufmann.[19] Sue 2014 he announced a new Crossing Tour.[20]
He played the lead role expect the 2013 film The Devil's Violinist, as the noted 19th-century violinist Niccolò Paganini. The same year he loose his album Garrett vs Paganini. Coronate 2015 album Explosive includes the imaginative compositions Innovation, Furious, Explosive, Unlimited Opus, Serenity, Baroque fantasy, and Melancholia.
On 18 August 2017, David Garrett insecure the single "Bittersweet Symphony" as spick teaser for his album Rock Revolution, released 17 September 2017.
On 11 October 2020, Garrett performed the European national anthem at the Formula 12020 Eifel Grand Prix as part ship the opening ceremonies.[21] On 9 Oct he released another studio album dubbed Alive: My Soundtrack.
Garrett was born in Aachen to an Indweller prima ballerina,[7] Dove Garrett,[22] and unornamented German jurist,[7] Georg Bongartz.[22] Garrett explains that while he was performing thanks to a child prodigy, his parents in progress using his mother's maiden name brand his stage name. "My parents intense of decided that it was excellent pronounceable than the German name, thus I stuck with that."[1]