Daniel Lozakovich (born 1 April 2001) is a Swedish classical violinist. He made his concert debut aged 9 under Vladimir Spivakov in Moscow, and was signed by Deutsche Grammophon at the age of 15 in 2016. He has released 3 albums as of 2023.

Life and career

Daniel Lozakovitj was born in Stockholm to

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mother. He began playing the violin at the age of six, later enrolling at Karlsruhe University of Music to study with Professor Josef Rissin in 2012, and since 2015 has been mentored by Eduard Wulfson in Geneva. In 2016, he was the winner of the Vladimir Spivakov International Violin Competition and, soon after, was a returning soloist with the

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under Valery Gergiev in the closing concert of the XV Moscow Easter Festival. He signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon in June 2016, making him the youngest current member on the label's roster at the age of 15. Lozakovich's first full recording for Deutsche Grammophon, made with the Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks, was released in June 2018 and featured Bach's two concertos for violin and orchestra (

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), and his Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004 for solo violin. His debut album reached No.1 in the French Amazon charts, and No.1 in Germany's classical album chart. Lozakovich's second album, ''None but the Lonely Heart'', was released in October 2019. In February 2023, Mark Pullinger from ''

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'' named this recording as one of his top choices of recordings of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto from the last 70 years. In 2020, he joined forces with his mentor Gergiev and the

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to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth with a live recording of the composer's Violin Concerto. Lozakovich currently plays both the Ex-Baron Rothschild Stradivarius on a loan on behalf of the owner by Reuning & Son (Boston) and Eduard Wulfson, and the Le Reynier Stradivari (1727), which was loaned by the

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group. He was invited to perform at the state dinner at the

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on 20 September 2023 during Charles III's state visit to France.

Discography

* ''Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Partita No. 2'' (2018). Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks. DG * ''Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart'' (2019).

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, Vladimir Spivakov. DG *'' Beethoven: Violin Concerto'' (2020).

, Valery Gergiev. DG ive recording, Beethoven 250th anniversary* ''Spirits'' (2023).

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. DG

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lozakovich, Daniel 2001 births Living people Swedish classical violinists Deutsche Grammophon artists 21st-century classical violinists Musicians from Stockholm Swedish people of Belarusian descent 21st-century Swedish musicians