Daniel Austrich (born 1984) is a Russian classical musician, who is active as a conductor, violinist, violist, and a pedagogue.

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 fűr Musik in Cologne.

Career

Austrich has won many international competitions, including the 1999 Hamburg Instrumental Competition. He has soloed with the

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, 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

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, in Moscow. His chamber music partners include

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, Renaud Capucon,

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, Gerard Causse and others. Austrich also recorded a duet with

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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. In 2015 they performed at the Library of Congress, receiving a mixed review from the '' Washington Pos''t. In 2015 he performed with this group at the George Enescu International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival; that same year the quartet traveled to Tokyo to perform music by Beethoven, and Austrich also performed with the Macombo Chamber Players. In 2016, he performed at the International Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem 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

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Daniel Austrich
{{DEFAULTSORT:Austrich, Daniel 1984 births Living people Musicians from Saint Petersburg Russian classical violinists Oberlin Conservatory of Music alumni 21st-century classical violinists Date of birth missing (living people)