"Rock star" of classical music, an outstanding musician, composer and a very handsome man. David Garrett is the man who made thousands of girls around the world fall in love with the classics. In his performance, you can hear both Mozart and the hit of Nirvana, and all this - within the framework of one concert. David masterfully plays and skillfully works with the audience - this is the rare case when all the attention of the audience can be focused on one small musical instrument. And, of course, its owner.

According to family legend, when Garrett's parents gave the violin to his older brother, four-year-old David clung to it never to release it again. The boy showed amazing abilities for a child. At the age of 8 he played with world famous orchestras. At the age of 10, he began studying with the legendary teacher Zakhar Bron. At the age of 14 he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft and became the youngest musician in its history.

Until adulthood, David worked-worked-worked. He had practically no ordinary childhood. At the age of 17, David broke all contracts and, against the will of his parents, went to New York. There he entered the Juilliard School - the world-famous conservatory. He worked as hard as he could to pay for his studies. And yet he became a world star.

David is a classical music hooligan, in his work he reconciles academic compositions and dashing rebellious rock. He wears torn jeans and hair tied with a rubber band, behaves like a real rock star on stage.

“Young people must first be attracted to the concert hall, convinced that the classics do not hurt,” says David about his mission. It seems to be doable!

The Croatian duo of cellists Luka Šulić and Stepan Hauser are real virtuosos in their field. They are equally brilliant with the classics, and with pop music, and with rock, which in their performance turns into something completely new.

The high point for the two cellists came in 2011 when they posted a video cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" on YouTube. The video has amassed over 3 million views in two weeks. It has now been viewed over 12 million times.

The guys met as teenagers at one of the master classes. Since both Luka and Stepan are incredibly talented cellists, they increasingly competed with each other in music competitions. This rivalry could continue indefinitely, until one of them came up with the idea to unite. It turned out interesting. The project took off.

The guys experiment a lot - they play the songs of AC / DC, Sting, Muse on the cello, they love to do covers of Michael Jackson. But do not forget about the good old classics. Musicians also pay a lot of attention to videos - almost always their videos are beautiful, spectacular and with a story. 2Cellos love to transform. For example, in a clip Hysteria they tried on the images of patients in a mental hospital.

An outstanding pianist and a handsome man. Yundi Li became a world sensation in 2000 at the XIV International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, then a strict jury awarded him the first prize.

Yundi Li became the youngest winner of the competition in history, and also the first Chinese to win it. Yundi Li was born into a working-class family. At the age of three, while in a shopping center, he heard the accordion and did not want to move until he finished listening. Then his parents bought him an accordion. Two years later, the boy won the first music competition. At 7 he asked me to buy him a piano.

And at 13 he won the Stravinsky International Youth Piano Competition. There were years of painstaking studies, improvement of technology, search for oneself. Winning the Chopin competition is an 18th birthday present. After her, Yundi Lee promised not to participate in competitions anymore, but to devote himself to concerts.

Released 6 solo albums, participated in 4 compilations. Yundi Lee has been playing Chopin a lot lately. According to the pianist, now he has become more free and full of passion, so the time has come when he is truly able to perform the works of the great composer.

Despite the fact that Theodore is a Greek, in Russia he has long been a national treasure. The former chief conductor of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, now directs the Perm Opera and his own orchestra Music Aeterna Ensemble, acts in films as Lev Landau and dreams of creating a conservatory with a new education system.

Currentzis is one of the most emotional conductors in Russia. Spectators come to his performances not only to listen to the music, but also to look at the conductor, who at concerts is a complete nerve, a continuous anguish, a continuous return.

Theodore was educated in Greece, but in 1994 he came to St. Petersburg to study conducting with Ilya Musin. After training, he remained in Russia. He collaborated with the Moscow Virtuosos, the Grand Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra. Soon the young conductor was invited to the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2008 he made his debut at the Paris Opera. W and his opera performances repeatedly received the "Golden Mask".

Loves old music. Collects musical instruments from all over the world.

Perhaps Matsuev is not a standard handsome man, but at the same time he is a damn charming pianist, the pride of the Russian stage - it was not for nothing that he was invited to perform at the closing ceremony of the Olympics in Sochi.

In addition, Matsuev is a public figure. Denis does a lot to support young musicians and arouse interest in classical music among the broad masses. Manages several charitable programs at once. Matsuev owns a kind of record - he is the only musician who played three Tchaikovsky concertos in an evening.

His album The Famous Matsuev Performs Rachmaninov's Unknown Concertos was nominated for a Grammy Award. Few people know, but as a child, Denis showed promise as a talented football player. But music still won in his life. Although Matsuev loves football all his life. According to him, he won the Tchaikovsky competition because he did not listen to his competitors. Instead, he followed the World Cup.

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- American violin virtuoso of German origin. Guinness World Record holder as the fastest violinist in the world, no one playsRimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" is faster than him (65 seconds). An exceptional artist and just a handsome man. An extravagant musician who wants not only to listen, but also to see. Single :)

My acquaintance with the musician happened in 2013, when I accidentally got into the cinema to see the film: “Paganini: The Devil's Violinist”, in which, as it turned out later, David Garrett played the main role. To be honest, at first I was attracted by the masculine charm and crazy devils in David's eyes. I didn't even know that I was facing the modern genius of classical music. You can say that I fell in love, absolutely my type: a long-haired musician, fire in his eyes, charisma even knocks out of his ears (and this is just a movie!) And an instrument in his hands :) Talented person- talented in everything andDavid did not limit himself to acting work, he also became the composer of the film. On my own behalf, I would like to advise everyone who has not yet watched this colorful story about the legendary violinist Niccolo Paganini, whose life has always been shrouded in various mystical rumors.

I was just amazed and hurried home to somehow satisfy my curiosity and google, google, google. When I am very impressed, and this happens often, then first of all, friends suffer from a huge amount of spam on my part, and then the turn comes to colleagues. In general, back in 2013, many people learned about the existence of the incomparable handsome David Garrett.
And on the eve of the concerts of this genius in Russia, namely:

• September 8 in Moscow
• September 9 in St. Petersburg

I want to tell and tell, but for someone else, this guy with a hurricane-crazy energy and an outstanding artist can still be discovered.

In short, I still don’t want to clutter up with biographical facts, because just the emotions and impression of the artist are much more interesting and colorful. So just a little bit of information: David Garrett was born on September 4, 1980 in Aachen (Germany), according to the Virgo horoscope, which means— David is obsessed with cleanliness (Virgo— they are), and he himself admitted in an interview that cleaning is a kind of meditative process for him, when you can think about a lot and scroll through various thoughts in your head. So David is very close to the people and even washes the floors.

According to a common legend, the father gave the violin to his eldest son, but as they say— we assume, but God disposes, and the gift, as it turned out in the end, was intended for the future genius violinist, who grabbed the instrument and to this day does not let go, delighting us with his virtuoso playing. David's childhood was peculiar, if it was at all, because starting to play the violin at the age of 4 and winning his first competition a year later, all subsequent years were filled with hard work, a series of various competitions, performances and exclusive contracts. It's not at all childish. It is worth noting that the President of Germany gave him the first Stradivarius violin at the age of 11Richard von Weizsäcker after David's speech at the President's residence at the Hammerschmidt Villa by personal invitation. In fact, David's enchanting performances and merits can be listed endlessly, but I see no reason to retell Wikipedia, and true fans already know everything. I was struck by the fact in his biography that at the age of 17 David made a bold independent decision that determined his entire subsequent life. Against the will of his parents, because all the decisions then were made for him by others and having broken all contracts,- send moved to New York, to the Juilliard School, one of the largest American institutions of higher education in the field of art and music. He tried to pay for his studies on his own - grabbing any job from washing toilets to modeling. Such actions, in fact, say a lot, for example, about the maturity and awareness of a person, and this is at the age of 17. Do not be afraid not just to live, but to change your life- worthy of respect.

Special thanks to David for the album "Rock Symphonies", for such an incredible arrangement of classic rock for violin and orchestra. Hear the songs of such worldstrongholds like: Metallica, U2, Guns N "roses, Nirvana ... in such an original and divine presentation— it's just a treat for the ears, well, for mine for sure. I really love Nirvana, and when I first heard, or rather saw (after all, David is even better in dynamics!) "Smells like Teen Spirit", I just blew up, how is this possible? He is simply incomparable, so talented and handsome that watching one video, you hang out on the Internet for a couple of hours. You can't just stop enjoying watching performances.

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For fans of Michael Jackson, one of his immortal songs transcribed to the violin.

David Garrett - Smooth Criminal

And my favorite performance from David— Tomaso Albinoni "Adagio" I remember that I had this song on the ringer of my old phone for a whole year, until it was stolen. Someone, apparently, was also drawn to the beautiful at one time.

Seriously, such music is like a panacea and acts like a pill, relaxes and takes you somewhere far away, it is impossible to resist these magical sounds, and is it worth it? Better trust and enjoy.

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David, with his appearance, absolutely broke the patterns. Classical music- this is not necessarily strict attire and stiffness. There are rock stars in the classics too! For this look, many women would give their last dress.

Long blond hair, three-day stubble, ripped jeans, heavy boots, a velvet tuxedo orloose jacket, under it a simple T-shirt with a skull, hair carelessly tied with an elastic band and in the hands of an old Stradivarius violin, which is worth millions of dollars,how wild and in the same time everything is so natural in this look. It's just a natural world of contrastsDavid Garrett.

David, as a traveler and at the same time a conductor between different musical worlds, who even dressed in a potato bag, delights his audience, exciting and warming up interest and curiosity in classical music, even among those who had no idea before. about this world, for example me. He attracts more and more people to concerts and convinces that classical musicIt's very modern and trendy.

As David himself says:"Music is the expression of life. Music can never be hate. Music is always positive emotions. They can be sad, but they are always hope. Music changes thoughts for the better."

Now I'm in trembling anticipation of the concert of this incredible guy who promised to comewith the classical crossover program "From Mozart to Metallica" and perform hits from world famous rock and pop artists, as well as music from famous films and classical works.

"Crossover" - this word is often used when it comes to the art of the German-American virtuoso violinist David Garrett, because its distinctive feature is the synthesis of various musical styles.

The musician's birthplace is the German city of Aachen, where he was born in 1980 in the family of a successful lawyer Georg Peter Bongartz, but later the musician took the more sonorous and easily pronounced surname of his mother - the ballet dancer Dove Garrett - as a pseudonym. The boy was only four years old at the time when the violin appeared in the house - it was purchased for his brother, but David became interested in the instrument, and he also began to study. The successes were so great that after a year the little musician won the children's competition, at the age of seven he began to study at the conservatory in Lübeck, where he was mentored by Zakhar Bron, at the age of ten he performed at the Hamburg Philharmonic. A year later, the young musician performed at the residence of Richard von Weizsäcker, the President of Germany, after which the boy was awarded the most valuable gift - a Stradivarius violin. At the age of twelve, Garrett began taking lessons from renowned violinist Ida.

Garrett recorded his first discs with works when he was only thirteen years old, becoming the youngest musician ever to collaborate with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Soon the violinist appeared on television. At the age of sixteen, after performing with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Garrett received an offer to perform on a BBC show.

In 1997, a talented seventeen-year-old boy, who already has a very solid performing experience, went to the British capital and entered the Royal College of Music. Studying at this illustrious institution was short-lived - David left him after the first semester. One of the reasons was the frequent absence of classes due to regular performances. The young musician did not feel any particular regrets about this, perceiving what happened not so much as an expulsion, but as a mutual agreement. In his opinion, he and his college mentors followed different paths in the performing arts, and the further activity of the musician confirmed this.

However, the young man feels the need to continue his musical education. Now he turns his eyes to the famous Juilliard School in New York. Here, the famous musician Itzhak Perlman becomes his mentor in the art of playing the violin - Garrett was one of his first students. But David is not only improving his performing skills - he is also learning to compose. The years of study became a difficult time for him - he had to earn a living on his own, and performing activities could not always help in this. The musician was forced to earn money not only on the concert stage, but also on ... the podium as a model - since his attractive appearance was conducive to this.

Financial difficulties did not prevent professional success. In 2003, the musician won the composer's competition, creating a fugue in the style.

But now the studies are over, an independent creative path begins, and on this path Garret sets himself a difficult goal - to instill in young people an interest in academic music. But how to do that? Of course, presenting it in combination with something that is close and understood by young people. Performing with the accompaniment of the group he created, which includes drums, keyboards and guitar, the violinist performs both classical melodies in his own arrangements and compositions in the rock style. However, the musician does not ignore the academic direction, performing with symphony orchestras. It is noteworthy that Garrett often performs samples of rock and pop music in an academic manner. The synthesis of various directions is reflected in Garrett's albums - "Free", "Encore" and others.

The synthesis of academic music practiced by David Garrett with such styles as rock, jazz, rhythm and blues is not understood by all musicians, but the violinist considers such wariness unreasonable. He gives examples from the history of music: Franz Liszt, Fryderyk Chopin, Niccolo Paganini – weren't they the same amazing idols for the people of the 19th century, as rock stars become for the modern public? Hasn't the "Turkish Rondo" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's A Major Sonata become as popular a "hit" as many modern pop compositions? The musician is convinced that there are no insurmountable boundaries between styles and trends.

The versatile talent of David Garrett also manifested itself in cinematic art. In 2013, the musician played the title role in Bernard Rose's film Paganini: The Devil's Violinist. The film features not only the works of the great Italian violinist, but also Garrett's own compositions.

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David Garrett is a world-famous violin virtuoso of German origin.

David was born on September 4, 1980 in Germany, his mother was an American ballerina, and his father was a German lawyer and lawyer named Bongartz.

Garrett later chose his mother's surname as more sonorous and suitable for his career. According to legend, when the boy was 4 years old, his father bought a violin for his older brother, but David became very interested in music and soon began to play too. Then he began to take part in competitions, win, studied at the conservatory and at the Royal College of Music in London.

At the age of 11, David received a Stradivarius violin as a token of respect from the President of Germany for his performances.

At the age of 13, Garrett recorded two CDs and was shown for the first time on federal German television.

At the age of 19, David Garrett moved to live in New York, and in 2003 he won the competition of composers of the Juilliard School, writing a fugue in the style of Johann-Sebastian Bach, in 2004 he received a diploma.

During his studies, he occasionally worked as a fashion model.

David has taken part in the world's top music concerts and festivals, played other rare Stradivari violins and received awards and prizes.

With his work, Garrett, according to him, wants to arouse the interest of young people in classical music. He includes his own arrangements in his albums, adds rock and jazz to the classics, with his musical group he gives concerts, where, along with classical sonatas accompanied by a piano, arrangements and compositions, rock songs and musical themes from films are performed.

David's huge success brought the film "Paganini: The Devil's Violinist", where he played the famous maestro. Garrett also acted here as a composer, and also created an author's arrangement especially for the film. This film debuted in October 2013.

Since then, David has been traveling the world even more, his schedule is completed for years to come, so he also visited Moscow with a concert in March 2015.

Little is known about the musician’s personal life, a couple of famous models, such as Alena Gerber, Tatjana Gellert, Jana Flötotto, all novels did not last long and according to the star “Sometimes I am five, six, seven, eight weeks away from home. Then you don't see the person for five, six, seven, eight weeks. Not every couple can withstand such a test ... "

As for female fans, they surround him everywhere. Moreover, according to David himself, he has no preference for the girl's appearance, but he likes women with their own style and core inside.

The hero of the article is a virtuoso and talented violinist who managed to capture the attention of the general public with his playing style and unique blend of genres. He tried to combine the incongruous, classical music with modern trends and trends. They say about him that the guy was born with a bow in his hands, and his name is David Garrett. In the review, you will learn how he managed to achieve universal fame and success, as well as everything that is hidden from the eyes of journalists behind the scenes of private life.

Biography

David Garrett is a famous and world-famous American musician, German by origin. He became famous for his virtuoso violin playing and is considered the fastest violinist. With his help, classical music acquired a new shade and began to be popularized among young people.

All this is achieved through constant and diligent work on the technique of performance. The guy managed to combine classical instruments with rock music, country and even jazz. It all starts in childhood, when our hero takes the bow for the first time and makes the first note.

The year was 1980 on September 4, on this day the future talent was born in the small town of Aachen, which was in Germany. An interesting fact is that the real name of the star is David Christian Bongartz. Subsequently, he will take a stage name in honor of his mother's maiden name. The father of our hero, Georg Peter, was a lawyer and also sold musical instruments. Mom was the famous American ballerina Dove Garrett. He grew up not the only child in the family, he has an older brother and sister.

For the first time in the life of our hero, a violin appeared when the guy was only four years old. But initially it was in the hands of his brother. From the next moment, the versions diverge. The first tells us that David's brother was not interested in the musical instrument, so the younger one got it. The second version says that our hero himself took the violin from the guy and never parted with it again. Let's not argue, the main thing is that a bow appeared in the boy's hands, and an endless road to creativity opened up before him.

According to the musician, the father was harsh and raised children in an atmosphere of strict discipline. Dad never showed increased attention to children, much less indulged their desires. Between father and son there was no close emotional connection and warm friendly relations. All this was taken over by the mother of the young hero. She surrounded the children with care and supported their undertakings in everything.

The young man did not attend high school, classes were held at home with a tutor, so he had few friends, mostly communicating only with close relatives. Despite the prevailing isolation, the guy found where to direct his energy and strength. He devoted every day to playing the violin and self-development. Only a year has passed since the appearance of the instrument in the family, as he earned a prize at a children's competition. After 7 years, he moves to the small town of Lübeck, where he begins to study under the guidance of Zakhar Bron.

At the age of 8, he gave his first creative performance, and at the age of 12 he performed on the big stage with a violinist named Ida Handel. A year later, he takes part in a full-fledged orchestra with an American conductor. Everyone began to notice the real talent of the young guy and promised him to become a great composer of music.

The musician instantly became famous in his homeland, his work was appreciated by listeners from Holland and Germany. German President Richard von Feizsacker invited him to perform at the presidential residence Hammerschmidt, where after the performance he presented him with a real Stradivarius violin. In 1994, he signed a contract with a record company and released his first recordings. The following year, he visits India with a charity concert in honor of the country's independence anniversary.

When he was 17 years old, he entered London College, but constant traveling and touring took up almost all his free time, the guy could not direct his energy to study. Therefore, he was expelled from the first year for a lot of absenteeism.

During this period, our hero is interested not only in classical music, but also in the ballads of Metallica, Queen, AC / DC. It was after this that he was inspired to combine several different genres and directions in music. He decides to go to study at the Juilliard School, which is located in New York, but his parents reacted negatively to such a choice of his son. David had to stop communicating with them and head towards his goal. Without the help of loved ones, he had to earn extra money as a cleaner and janitor in order to earn a living. Soon he is noticed and invited to the modeling business, which was his bread during his studies.

David's personal life

Our hero is not used to talking about his personal life with journalists and media representatives. According to the latest news, David is free and does not have a serious relationship with the opposite sex. Despite this, a huge number of rumors about the personal life of David Garrett could not be avoided.

According to the guesses of the fans, he met and had romantic feelings for Alena Herbert, Tatyana Gellert, Yana Fletoto, Shannon Hanson, but none of the listed novels received official confirmation. Perhaps these were just intrigues that could not turn into serious feelings. Therefore, his wife has not yet appeared on the horizon. Rumors about his orientation are unfounded. The musician himself has repeatedly stated that he has warm feelings only for the opposite sex.

Fans constantly run after him in crowds, but David himself takes this negatively and wants to independently seek the girl's heart. About the future family, he said that he did not want to be like a father in terms of upbringing and attitude towards children. Now he does not have time to search for his other half, all his energy is spent on constant concerts and tours.

Creativity of the violinist

As you already understood, the creative path of our hero began far in childhood, when the first violin appeared in their family. Since then, he has been steadily moving up the career ladder. But let's continue our story after arriving in America. After completing his studies at the New York Conservatory, his professional path begins. In 2007, Monterappa, a company producing expensive and elite fountain pens, invited the musician to become the face of their brand. He did not hesitate for long and gave his consent, after that, he makes a small tour of the world, where he presents pens, and also gives small concerts on the violin.

In the same year, he entered the Guinness Book of Records for the fastest game of the work "Flight of the Bumblebee" - 66.5 seconds. In 2008, he releases the album "Encore" and gathers a group, touring life begins. In 2011, he gave us an animated version of Nirvana's "Smells Like teen spirit". From that moment on, he becomes a world-class star, then he releases 2 more albums and goes on tour around the world. Every year he performs more than 200 concerts in different countries.

I have repeatedly been to Moscow, tickets for the concert are instantly sold out. The last time David visited Russia this year was in October. He has now released over 13 studio albums, each with a unique style and elaboration. Our hero plans to continue touring and introduce modern people to the world of classics.

Best Compositions

Despite the large number of albums, the audience created their own track list of Garrett's best creations:

• "Palladio";
• cover of the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack;
• Vivaldi's seasons cycle;
• "Caprice of Paganini";
• "Chopin's Nocturne";
• "Czardas";
• "Grandmother";
• great rock hits in classic processing.

Our hero managed to popularize classical music among today's youth, now he gathers full halls and stadiums all over the planet, everyone wants to hear fascinating notes live. Despite this, David Garrett's personal life is not full of passion, he is completely alone and spends all his energy on creativity.