Daniel Austrich (born 1984) is a Russian classical musician, who is active as a conductor, violinist, violist, and a music coach."Musik wie das Gezwitscher der Vögel " . Insel Usedom, 30. September 2010, Stolpe
Early life and education Austrich was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He studied with Alla Aranovskaya in St.Petersburg and at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio; also with Viktor Tretyakov at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne."Handle With Care: Daniel Austrich Performs on Rare Violin". Oberlin College Magazine, 2003.
Career Austrich has won many international competitions,"Performance". The Washington Post."Rising to the challenge". San Diego Union-Tribune, Charlie Wilmoth | April 2, 2009 including the 1999 Hamburg Instrumental Competition."Prof. Haass and the Schnitzler Quartett with Daniel Austrich" . Report on the 22nd installment of the “Music & Brain” series, DZNE website He has soloed with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Camerata, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Sapporo Symphony, and Jerusalem Symphony among others.
In 2009 Austrich gave the Russian premiere of "Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra on Porgy and Bess" by Alexander Courage, in Moscow. His chamber music partners include David Geringas, Itzhak Perlman, Donald Weilerstein, Renaud Capucon, Lahav Shani, Kirill Gerstein, Pamela Frank, Olga Scheps, Gerard Causse and others. Austrich also recorded a duet with Jose Carreras for the album Energia.
In 2012, Austrich joined Michelangelo String Quartet, where he performs together with Mihaela Martin, Nobuko Imai, and Frans Helmerson. In 2012, the quartet performed in Scotland."MUSIC review". The Perthshire Courier and Advertiser, Oct 26, 2012 In 2015 they performed at the Library of Congress, receiving a mixed review from the Washington Post."Too many weak moments for the skilled Michelangelo String Quartet". Washington Post, By Charles T. Downey November 8, 2015 In 2015 he performed with this group at the George Enescu International Festival"Feature Review: George Enescu International Festival [September 2015]" . Classical Source, by Richard Whitehouse, October 2015 and the Edinburgh Festival; that same year the quartet traveled to Tokyo to perform music by Beethoven,"Change of festival pace but the quality remains in abundance". Herald Scotland, 7 September 2015. Kate Molleson and Austrich also performed with the Macombo Chamber Players.
In 2016, he performed at the International Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem"Jerusalem's International Chamber Music Festival: secret lair of great pianists". BachTrack, Alexandra Ivanoff, 07 September 2016 and as part of the Classical extravaganza concerts in Russia."Foreign musicians have collected 140 thousand UAH for Ukrainian children with heart diseases" . The Karkhiv Times, Oksana Dovhopiata - January 11, 2016
References
External links Daniel Austrich at Oberlin Daniel Austrich