David Garrett

Born from German-American parents, he received his first violin lessons from his father. Soon, the child prodigy became a student at the Lübeck Conservatory, then Berlin. At the age of 10, he gives his first official concerts under the name of his mother, he plays “Zigeunerweisen” by Pablo de Sarasate, accompanied by the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Gerd Albrecht. At age 12, he became a student of the Polish violinist Ida Handel. At the age of 13, he received an exclusive contract from Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, according to which he recorded at the age of fifteen the whims of Niccolo Paganini. During a temporary retreat, against the will of his father, he enrolled in 1999 at the Dzhulliardsky school, in the class of Yitzhak Perlman, to deepen his knowledge of the violin. He leads a classical concert life, but he is best known for his concert events, which he captivates young people with classical music concerts. His latest album "Virtuoso" is in the top 50 pop music in Southeast Asia. He plays the violin San Lorenzo of 1710 by Antonio Stradivari, the violin of Guarnerius del Geso in 1770 and Guadagnini. Since December 20, 2008, David Garrett also played the world record for violin playing faster than anyone else. He played the full track “Flight of the Bumblebee” in 1 minute and 5 seconds on the set of a German record show.