Celebrated program innovator and violinist Daniel Hope returns with a small ensemble of string players for a special program called Air: A Baroque Journey, a sonic history of the violin and the musical form the "air" through works by composers spanning three centuries.
The violinist Daniel Hope has toured the world as a virtuoso soloist for 25 years and is celebrated for his musical versatility as well as his dedication to humanitarian causes. Winner of the 2015 European Cultural Prize for Music, whose previous recipients include Daniel Barenboim, Placido Domingo and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Hope appears as soloist with the world's major orchestras and conductors, also directing many ensembles from the violin. Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Daniel Hope is Music Director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra-an orchestra with whom he is closely associated since his early childhood.
Daniel Hope has penned four bestselling books published in Germany by the Rowohlt publishing company. He contributes regularly to the Wall Street Journal and has written scripts for collaborative performances with the actors Klaus Maria Brandauer, Sebastian Koch and Mia Farrow. In Germany he also presents a weekly radio show for the WDR3 Channel and curates, since the 2016-17 season his own series Hope@9pm, a music and discussion event with well known guests from culture and politics at the Konzerthaus Berlin.
Since 2004 Hope has been Associate Artistic Director of the Savannah Music Festival. Since September 2017, he has taken on a new role as "Artistic Partner" of the New Century Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco, directing the Ensemble from the violin.
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The violinist Daniel Hope has toured the world as a virtuoso soloist for 25 years and is celebrated for his musical versatility as well as his dedication to humanitarian causes. Winner of the 2015 European Cultural Prize for Music, whose previous recipients include Daniel Barenboim, Placido Domingo and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Hope appears as soloist with the world's major orchestras and conductors, also directing many ensembles from the violin. Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Daniel Hope is Music Director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra-an orchestra with whom he is closely associated since his early childhood.
Daniel Hope has penned four bestselling books published in Germany by the Rowohlt publishing company. He contributes regularly to the Wall Street Journal and has written scripts for collaborative performances with the actors Klaus Maria Brandauer, Sebastian Koch and Mia Farrow. In Germany he also presents a weekly radio show for the WDR3 Channel and curates, since the 2016-17 season his own series Hope@9pm, a music and discussion event with well known guests from culture and politics at the Konzerthaus Berlin.
Since 2004 Hope has been Associate Artistic Director of the Savannah Music Festival. Since September 2017, he has taken on a new role as "Artistic Partner" of the New Century Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco, directing the Ensemble from the violin.
Celebrated program innovator and violinist Daniel Hope returns with a small ensemble of string players for a special program called Air: A Baroque Journey, a sonic history of the violin and the musical form the "air" through works by composers spanning three centuries.
The violinist Daniel Hope has toured the world as a virtuoso soloist for 25 years and is celebrated for his musical versatility as well as his dedication to humanitarian causes. Winner of the 2015 European Cultural Prize for Music, whose previous recipients include Daniel Barenboim, Placido Domingo and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Hope appears as soloist with the world's major orchestras and conductors, also directing many ensembles from the violin. Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Daniel Hope is Music Director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra-an orchestra with whom he is closely associated since his early childhood.
Daniel Hope has penned four bestselling books published in Germany by the Rowohlt publishing company. He contributes regularly to the Wall Street Journal and has written scripts for collaborative performances with the actors Klaus Maria Brandauer, Sebastian Koch and Mia Farrow. In Germany he also presents a weekly radio show for the WDR3 Channel and curates, since the 2016-17 season his own series Hope@9pm, a music and discussion event with well known guests from culture and politics at the Konzerthaus Berlin.
Since 2004 Hope has been Associate Artistic Director of the Savannah Music Festival. Since September 2017, he has taken on a new role as "Artistic Partner" of the New Century Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco, directing the Ensemble from the violin.
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The violinist Daniel Hope has toured the world as a virtuoso soloist for 25 years and is celebrated for his musical versatility as well as his dedication to humanitarian causes. Winner of the 2015 European Cultural Prize for Music, whose previous recipients include Daniel Barenboim, Placido Domingo and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Hope appears as soloist with the world's major orchestras and conductors, also directing many ensembles from the violin. Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Daniel Hope is Music Director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra-an orchestra with whom he is closely associated since his early childhood.
Daniel Hope has penned four bestselling books published in Germany by the Rowohlt publishing company. He contributes regularly to the Wall Street Journal and has written scripts for collaborative performances with the actors Klaus Maria Brandauer, Sebastian Koch and Mia Farrow. In Germany he also presents a weekly radio show for the WDR3 Channel and curates, since the 2016-17 season his own series Hope@9pm, a music and discussion event with well known guests from culture and politics at the Konzerthaus Berlin.
Since 2004 Hope has been Associate Artistic Director of the Savannah Music Festival. Since September 2017, he has taken on a new role as "Artistic Partner" of the New Century Chamber Orchestra in San Francisco, directing the Ensemble from the violin.
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