David Garrett (musician)
David Garrett ( born September 4, 1980, or 1981 as David Christian Bongartz in Aachen ) is a German violinist.
- 2.1 criticism
- 2.2 Achievements
- 6.1 albums
Life
Childhood and adolescence, Erstkarriere in the classical
Garrett was born as the middle of three children of German lawyers and Geigenauktionators Georg Bongartz Paul and the American prima ballerina Dove -Marie Garrett. He received his first violin at the age of three years. First violin lessons given him by his father, who worked part-time as a violin teacher. At the age of five years, Garrett won a prize play music in the youth competition. When he was eight years old, the parents decided to let the boys appear under the name of the mother, as Garrett sounded familiar as Bongartz. At twelve he was awarded a first contract and was at the age of 13 already exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon. Together with Claudio Abbado, he played a Mozart violin concertos. As the " greatest violinists of his generation " referred to him Yehudi Menuhin. Garrett admits to have practiced eight hours every day violin. From 1990 until 1991 Garrett was taught by Zakhar Bron. From 1992 he was a student of Ida Haendel.
After graduating from the Aachen Einhard Gymnasium Garrett wrote to his parents for the sake of the Royal College of Music in nearby London, even though he wanted to go to New York. But he soon had to leave school because he never attended the lectures, and moved at age 19 to his brother, who was then living in New York and studied there. Garrett said in an interview: " I was always everything imposed. What should I play, where I was to encounter what I say in interviews and should not say "
Second career, crossover music
In the following years he tried to re- establish itself in spite of resistors as a musician. As his own career now manager, he came up with the concept for a crossover album, which he produced together with the London record label Decca. But the album was never released because the record company was not convinced that this would work. The breakthrough in Germany he made in 2006 with the Berlin concert organizer DE G, which relies heavily on the event nature of classical concerts and Garrett's cross-over project took over. A new image has been tailored for him, that of the violin rebels. 2014 his crossover project will continue across with a tour of Germany.
In 2009 he designed a T -shirt collection for the fashion house s.Oliver and 2010 came a own perfume with matching shower gel called Rock Symphonies out.
Reception
Criticism
In the press he was as a particularly strident example of a genius violinist who fails anyway, as a television Geiger, Jörg Pilawa of classical music, David " André Rieu 2.0" Garrett or David Hasselhoff called the classical period, his music is, among other things as Softpornopopklassikjunkfood criticized, tinsel -rock have the [ ... ] nothing to do with art. Garrett has regularly criticized as "music - snobbery " back and asserts his claim to want with its mix of underground and electronic music reach the population who stayed away from the classical else.
Achievements
He was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest violinist in the world by end of May 2008 until April 2010. In an appearance on the British television show Blue Peter Garrett played the Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky -Korsakov error free in just 66.56 seconds, which is 13 notes per second. His own record he undercut on 20 December 2008 with the Guinness World Records show by 1.3 seconds with a time of 65.26 seconds. On April 7, 2010, he was beaten by Ben Lee: Lee took 64.21 seconds for the same piece. 2008-2009 Garrett was the ambassador of UNESCO.
On October 17, 2010 Garrett was awarded the Echo Klassik in Essen, the renowned Music Prize of the German Phono Academy, for his top spot in record sales as a bestseller of the year. Only a few months later he was at the 20th Echo Music Awards on March 24, 2011, two echoes, one most successful in the category Music DVD Production of (national ) and the other in the category Artist Rock / Pop ( national).
Instruments
Garrett plays on several valuable violins, so is one of his instruments, a violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini from 1772 He also has two violins by Antonio Stradivari. Instrument of 1718 and the so-called bush Stradivarius of 1716, formerly owned by Adolf Busch was.
Acting Career
In September 2012, Garrett played the lead role as Niccolò Paganini in Bernard Roses literary adaptation The devil violinist.
Awards
- Bambi ( prize ) 2013: category Classic
- 2011: for most successful music DVD production ( national)
- 2011: for Artists Rock / Pop ( national)
- 2013: for "Artist Rock / Pop ( national) "
- 2008: for Classical without Boundaries
- 2010: a bestseller of the year for his album Classic Romance
- 2012 best-seller of the year for his album Legacy
- Golden Camera 2010: Best Music for International
- Golden Pen 2009
- 2x platinum record 2010: for the Album Encore ( gold)
- 2011: for the Album Rock Symphonies
- 2010: for the DVD: In Concert & in Private ( gold)
- 2010: for the DVD Rock Symphonies - Open Air
- 2011: for the Album Virtuoso ( gold)
- 2013: for the Album Music ( gold)
- 2013: for the Album Legacy in Germany and Austria
- Golden Record 2012: for the Album Music in Austria
- 2013: for the Album Garrett vs. Paganini
- Order of Merit of North Rhine -Westphalia 2011
Discography
Albums
- 2009: David Garrett Live - In Concert & in Private ( released October 9, 2009, G Music / Warner )
- 2010: David Garrett: Rock Symphonies - Open Air Live ( released on 1 October 2010, Warner Music Group Germany)
- 2012: David Garrett: Music - Live in Concert 2012 ( released October 26, 2012, Universal Music)