When we examine his musical career, we can say that Garrett is most loved thanks to his covers of popular songs and that he has reached an audience other than classical music lovers.
David Garret (born 4 September 1981, Aachen, Germany) is a German violin virtuoso. His father is German and his mother is American.
David Garrett, who entered the Guinness Book of Records as the fastest violinist in the world in 2008 and worked with valuable virtuosos such as Ida Haendel and Itzhak Perlman at a young age, and his musical story is the subject of today's article. Let's get to know this virtuoso who creates wonders with his violin.
David Christian Bongartz (born 4 September 1980), known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical and crossover violinist and recording artist.
Born in Aachen, Germany in 1980, David Garrett's encounter with the violin began when he was four years old when he adopted the violin his father had bought for his older brother. Garrett, who learned to play the violin in a short period of almost a year, started taking lessons at the Lübeck Academy of Music when he was seven years old, laying the foundations of his professional musical life at an early age, and started giving recitals at the age of 7. David started working with Polish violin virtuoso Ida Haendel when he was 12 years old. A year later, at the tender age of a child, David started his musical adventure, which continues to this day, by recording 2 CDs and guesting on various television programs.
In December 2007, David accidentally crushed his Guadagnini violin. He bought this violin for 1 Million US Dollars in 2003. This violin he dropped was made by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini in 1772.
In the same year, Garrett, who started playing "Golden Age" and "San Lorenzo" on the violins of the famous luthier Stradivarius, signed a contract with the famous record company Deutsche Grammophon, becoming the youngest artist with whom the famous company signed a contract.
In 1994, when he was 17 years old, David performed with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, led by the famous conductor Zubin Mehta, in concerts in Mumbai and Delhi as part of the 50th anniversary of India's independence. After leaving home the same year and continuing his education at the Royal College of Music in London, he returned to New York in 1999 and continued his education at the Juilliard School, where he also had the opportunity to study with the famous violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman.
In 2007, David, who experienced perhaps one of the most unfortunate events that a musician can experience, was walking with his 1772 Guadagnini violin before the Barbican concert in London, when he tripped on the stage and fell on his violin, and after the violin broke, this incident was talked about in the music world for a long time.
When we examine his musical career, we can say that Garrett is most loved thanks to his covers of popular songs and that he has reached an audience other than classical music lovers. From Michael Jackson's legendary song 'Smooth Criminal' to the unforgettable 'He is a Pirate' from Pirates of the Caribbean; It is possible to access the recordings of the artist, who has violin covers of many songs, from Metallica's 'Nothing Else Matters' to Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida', from his childhood, on his official website.