Daniel Hope unterzeichnet Exklusivvertrag mit Deutsche Grammophon.

"Für den britischen Observer ist Daniel Hope der "spannendeste englische Saitenkünstler seit Jacqueline du Pré" und das amerikanischen Fachmagazin Fanfare ergänzte diese Einschätzung vollmundig: "Er kommuniziert ein Art dramatischer Kraft wie sie vor ihm nur die ganz großen Geigern ihrer Ära wie Heifetz und Oistrakh in ihren besten Momenten zustande brachten". Tatsächlich gehört der im südafrikanischen Durban geborene und in London aufgewachsene Hope zu den international herausragenden Künstlerpersönlichkeiten. Die Deutsche Grammophon ist daher besonders stolz, ihn exklusiv unter Vertrag nehmen zu können."

aus Klassik Akzente, 24.01.2007

Hamburg, January 2007 – Deutsche Grammophon is pleased to announce the signing of an exclusive contract with Daniel Hope, the award-winning British violinist. Hope, who has already achieved international renown for his musical vitality and creativity, was acclaimed by Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for his “astonishing violinistic abilities and musical intelligence” and hailed by London’s Observer newspaper as “the most exciting British string player since Jacqueline du Pré”. In the USA, Fanfare magazine has written that “he communicates the kind of dramatic power that only the greatest violinists of the preceding era, notably Heifetz and Oistrakh, could generate at peak moments”.

Daniel Hope’s first recording for Deutsche Grammophon will be devoted to Mendelssohn, a coupling of two works particularly close to the violinist’s heart: the E minor Concerto and the Octet for strings. Coinciding with the release of this CD will be the publication of Daniel Hope’s first book, “The Music of Time”, in which in part his and his ancestor’s relationship to Felix Mendelssohn is examined.
 
Matthew Cosgrove, Deutsche Grammophon’s Vice-President of Artists & Repertoire, re–marked: “I am delighted to be able to welcome Daniel as an exclusive Deutsche Grammo–phon artist. I have worked with Daniel for the past five years, and each project has been a pleasure. His natural curiosity for new and unusual repertoire, allied to his insightful knowledge of repertoire in general, and his gift for creating interesting album concepts will guarantee more exciting new recordings from Deutsche Grammophon.”

Michael Lang, President of Deutsche Grammophon says: “Daniel Hope has already proven to be one of the most creative and versatile young artists on the international scene today. We are pleased to welcome him to DG and look forward to working with him over a broad range of rewarding projects.”

On signing the contract Daniel Hope said: “Ever since I was a child, the Yellow Label has been associated in my mind with the finest in music. I never dreamed that one day I would be privileged to join the ranks of its artists. I am delighted to have this opportunity, and I look forward immensely to continuing my recording career among such esteemed colleagues.”
 
Daniel Hope was born in Durban, South Africa in 1974. When he was six months old he moved with his family to London, where he began studying the violin at the age of four with Sheila Nelson. His subsequent teachers have included Itzhak Rashkovsky, Felix Andrievsky, and Grigory Zhislin at the Royal College of Music and, at the Royal Academy of Music, Zakhar Bron, student of David Oistrakh and mentor of Vadim Repin and Maxim Vengerov.

At the age of ten young Daniel appeared on British television playing Shostakovich with the double-bassist Gary Karr. The following year he was invited by Yehudi Menuhin to perform Bartók Duos on German television, beginning a long musical association that included Lord Menuhin’s final concert in 1999 in Düsseldorf. In 2001 he was voted “Classical Performer of the Year” by London’s Evening Standard. In 2004 he won three major prizes for his CD coupling of the violin concertos by Britten and Berg (first recording of the new critical edition): the Classical Brit Award and, in Germany, the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis and the ECHO Klassik award. At the 2005 Grammy awards he received two nominations in both the classical and crossover categories; and in October 2006 he won the ECHO Klassik award for the third year in succession.

Hope has performed with orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic, Dresden Staats–kapelle, Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, BBC Sym–phony, Royal Philharmonic, Hallé, Royal Scottish National, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Detroit, Dallas, and City of Birmingham Symphony orches–tras, as well as the Spanish, Austrian, Berlin, and Moscow radio orchestras, collaborating with conductors including Belohlávek, Fedoseyev, Frühbeck de Burgos, Inbal, Litton, Masur, Menuhin, Nagano, Norrington, Oramo, Plasson, Rostropovich, and Tate. He has appeared at festivals including Salzburg, the BBC Proms, Lucerne, Tanglewood, Ravinia, Schleswig-Holstein, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg, San Sebastian, and Carinthian Summer.

In 2002 Daniel Hope became the youngest-ever member of the legendary Beaux Arts Trio, where he will continue until the end of the 07/08 season. His other chamber-music partners include Yuri Bashmet, Lynn Harrell, Thomas Adès, Tabea Zimmermann, Sebastian Knauer, Pieter Wispelwey, Sharon Kam, Sergei Nakariakov, Philippe Entremont, Paul Meyer, Christoph Poppen, and Alexei Lubimov. He has played with and directed the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Camerata Salzburg, and the period-instrument ensemble Concerto Köln, as well as working with vocalist Bobby McFerrin and former Police drummer Stewart Copeland.

Daniel Hope’s dedication to 20th-century and contemporary music has been manifested in his close contacts with such eminent composers as Schnittke, Takemitsu, Kurtág, Gubaidu–lina, Penderecki, Turnage, Halffter, and HK Gruber. He devotes a portion of his time to con–ceptual projects, including a highly successful series with actors Klaus Maria Brandauer and Mia Farrow, many of which have received their first performances at the Savannah Music Festival USA, where Hope is Associate Artistic Director. His award-winning, Grammy-nominated project East Meets West presents works for violin inspired by Ravi Shankar, heard again for the first time since being performed by Shankar and Menuhin in the 1960s.

A select list of Daniel Hope’s upcoming performances follows.  

For additional information visit the artist’s web site: www.danielhope.com <http://www.danielhope.com> 
 
Daniel Hope – select upcoming performances 2006-07

Feb 2                
“East Meets West” in Paris, France

Feb 28              
Musikverein (Vienna) recital with Gautier Capuçon

Mar 17 – April 1  
Savannah Music Festival 2007

Apr 15               
Morning Recital at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater (w/Sebastian Knauer)                        
(Schnittke:  Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano; Copland:  Nocturne; Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in D minor)

Apr 30 – May 5
Elgar Violin Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo

May 15 & 16      
Chamber Music with Jaime Laredo and Friends at New York’s 92nd Street Y
(works by Schubert, Klein and Schulhoff)

May 19 & 21      
Tan Dan Violin Concerto with the Netherlands Philharmonic at the Concertgebouw/Tan Dun

Jun 6 & 7         
Brahms Violin Concerto with the Toronto Symphony/Peter Oundjian

Jul 7                
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto – Beaux Arts Trio with the Chicago Symphony orchestra at Ravinia

Jul 21              
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto – Beaux Arts Trio with the Boston Symphony/Hans Graf at Tanglewood

July 22              
Beethoven’s Romances in solo debut performances with the Boston Symphony/Jens Bachmann at Tanglewood