Daniel Froschauer (born 30 December 1965) is an Austrian classical violinist and member of the board of directors of the

Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...

Career

Born in Vienna, Froschauer was born the son of the conductor and choir director of the

Vienna State Opera The Vienna State Opera (, ) is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869 following plans by August ...

, Helmuth Froschauer. He studied at the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most elit ...

in New York with Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki. He received his education from

Pinchas Zukerman Pinchas Zukerman ( he, פנחס צוקרמן, born 16 July 1948) is an Israeli-American violinist, violist and conductor. Life and career Zukerman was born in Tel Aviv, to Jewish parents and Holocaust survivors Yehuda and Miriam Lieberman Zuk ...

as well as from the professors Alfred Staar and Alfred Altenburger in Vienna. In 1990 Froschauer received the Young Artist Award from Musical America in New York. In 1997 he won the Pierre Lantier international competition in Paris. As a soloist, Froschauer played with the

Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg The Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg is an Austrian orchestra, based in the town and state of Salzburg. The orchestra gives concerts in several Salzburg venues, including the '' Großes Festspielhaus'', the Great Hall of the Stiftung Mozarteum. ...

and the New York Symphonic Ensemble. As a soloist he made his debut in 1993 with a sonata evening in the Brahms Hall of the

Wiener Musikverein The ( or ; ), commonly shortened to , is a concert hall in Vienna, Austria, which is located in the Innere Stadt district. The building opened in 1870 and is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra. The acoustics of the building's 'Great ...

. In 1998 Froschauer joined the group of first violins in the State Opera Orchestra and the Orchestra of the

, of which he has been the principal violinist since 2004. Froschauer plays the violin "Ex Benvenuti, ex Halphen" by

Antonio Stradivari Antonio Stradivari (, also , ; – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, '' Stradivarius'', as well as the collo ...

from 1727 on loan from the Angelika Prokopp Foundation. On 1 September 2017, he replaced Andreas Großbauer in the function of chairman of the Board of the Philharmonic Orchestra.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Froschauer, Daniel Austrian classical violinists Players of the Vienna Philharmonic 1965 births Living people Musicians from Vienna