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Vasks Distant Light new video

Here‘s a video of Peteris Vasks Distant light, once of my favorite pieces, beautifully filmed by Balazs Borocs and Miklos Vali at the Stift Festival. This pieces evokes such a strong atmosphere, and is with its changing moods, from serene…

Brodsky Quartet: Daniel‘s announcement

Dear friends, After 12 happy years as first violinist of the Brodsky Quartet I feel the moment has come to make more time for my individual musical adventures, and I’ll be playing my last Brodsky concert in May.  The first concert I…

Podium Witteman

Just before Christmas Maja and I had the pleasure of appearing of Dutch TV show Podium Witteman. This was a lovely experience :) Here‘s a part of Vasks beautiful Castillo Interior that we performed.   https://vimeo.com/317237556    

Bernstein in Princeton and Columbus

Bernstein in Princeton and Columbus

This where 2 exciting weeks in the US, returning to my friends in the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and my first visit to the Columbus Symphony, both under the direction of the wonderful Rossen Milanov. This West Side Story Phantasy is amazing,…

Kuhmo Festival

Kuhmo Festival

An annual highlight is the one and only Kuhmo Festival. Far away from the rest of the world ‚Planet Kuhmo‘ is a magical place where music can fly freely! This year highlights where the Glass Seasons with a super-delux orchestra,…

Late Beethovens

Late Beethovens

Is there any better, more transcendental, more affecting music than the late Beethoven quartets? Recording these – the endlessly touching  Cavatina, the ravishing ‚Heilige Dankgesang‘, the brilliant  madness of the Grosse Fuge and the towering, mindblowing 131 – over 9…

The 8 Seasons in Dublin

The 8 Seasons in Dublin

A joy working this week on the always exciting and vibrant Vivaldi and Piazzolla Seasons with the terrific students at RIAM – and a treat to perform in the beautiful National Gallery of Ireland, surrounded by old masters :)

Glass concerto tour in France

Glass concerto tour in France

I had so much fun performing the beautiful Glass American Seasons with the Orchestre de Picardie on tour in the north of France, including lovely Amiens. A pleasure working with conductor Nickolas Milton and this excellent orchestra! And on a…

Summer Masterclasses

I’m happy to announce my Masterclasses in Summer ‘18: 7-12 July: CMA Ossiach. (Austria) Masterclasses in Carinthian Music Academy, in beautiful Schloss Ossiach, on the lake: More info  6-13 August : Cividale (Italy) Intensive masterclasses and performance opportunities in lovely Cividale. Other teachers in same…

Lindberg Concerto in Finland

What a pleasure it was last week to play for the first time Magnus Lindberg’s Violin Concerto no 1. Scored for ‘just’ strings, oboes, bassoons and horns, Lindberg creates an incredible sound world, full of color, drama and contrasts! Joensuu…

SoNoRo Festival

I’m happy to be back in Romania for the always festive, colorful and inspiring SoNoRo festival. After Bucharest (performing at the gorgeous Atheneum was a particular pleasure) we are now in beautiful Timisoara and from tomorrow 4 days in Cluj.  

With Ivry in Amsterdam

Dear Ivry was in Amsterdam this weekend for an appearance on TV show Podium Witteman, a prime time weekly show dedicated to music and the arts. Host Paul Witteman interviewed Ivry and me and at the end I had the…

Aan de Amsterdamse grachten

The annual Prinsengrachtconcert is a unique and tremendously exciting event held on the Prinsengracht with many thousands of people listening on boats on the canal, and it’s broadcast live on Dutch AVROTROS TV. It was thrilling to be a part…

New ChamberJam ‘direct to disc’ recording

I’m happy that the second ‘direct to disc’ vinyl recording we did with the ChamberJam quintet has now been released. Recorded live in the beautiful Emil Berliner Studio’s in Berlin this records features music by Piazzolla and Nisinman that’s close…

Fanfare review for Enescu disc

A superb review in Fanfare for Daniel’s Enescu disc: ” With a blockbuster performance of third sonata, a strong-minded one of the second, and an almost expresssionistic one of the Impressions, all in recorded sound that’s sensitive to both tonal and…

5 star Enescu review in ‘Volkskrant’

‘Magnificent chamber music of the highest level’ Sometimes a reviewer spots a CD that simply may not go unnoticed… a recording one can impossibly switch off. The interplay between the artist is magnificent. This is chamber music of the highest level’  Magistrale…

Enescu CD review Gramophone

 I’m delighted with this lovely review that just appeared in Gramophone about the new Enescu disc with Natacha:  ” The piano ripples over the opening phrase of the Third Sonata, the violin gives a yearning, wavering cry and immediately we’re in…

Stift Festival Winter concerts

  I’m happy to announce the Stift Festival Winter concerts on December 29. Romantic favorites performed by a wonderful, international line-up of artists in the perfectly atmospheric setting of the 15th century Stiftkerk. And we will go to Osnabrück to perform…

8 Seasons in Finland

  I’m in Joensuu, Finland doing the Vivaldi & Piazzolla Seasons. It’s a great pleasure again to be playing this always exciting programme, tomorrow here at the excellent Karelia Hall and tomorrow in Kuhmo, one of my favorite places! Here’s an…

Enescu CD

I’m excited that the Enescu record for wonderful Champs Hill Records with Natacha  will be released in early November! This is one of my favorite composers, what hugely imaginative, generous, brilliant, colorful, evocative and exiting music!  

New Zealand Tour

Flying back to Europe after 2 wonderful weeks touring New Zealand for fantastic Chamber Music New Zealand, with the London Conchord Ensemble gang. Some great repertoire: Schoenberg/Webern Chamber Symphony, Debussy/Beamish La Mer, Brahms Horn Trio, Stravinsky Soldiers Tale, Debussy Sonata..touring…

8 Seasons in Princeton

8 Seasons in Princeton

I’m in Princeton, New Jersey and very much lookwhaying forward to perform the always exiting Eight Seasons tonight at gorgeous Richardson Hal. What a beautiful setting and great orchestra  ! :)   

Celebrating Alberto in Castelfranco

Celebrating Alberto in Castelfranco

It was wonderful to be on stage at the beautiful Theatro Academico in Castelfranco with all these good friends. It was also a great excuse to celebrate the one and only Alberto, who got married a few days before! ✨🎈 

Shosta cycle NRC review

Great review in the NRC Handelsblad about the Shostakowitch Quartet cycle in Amsterdam  ‘Led by the fabulously well playing primarius Daniel Rowland who’s bow lost many hairs because of his fiery playing the quartet sounded touching and intense’ 

New CD with Alberto Mesirca

I’m happy that the recording I made with my friend Alberto Mesirca, the fantastic Italian guitarist, was released by the Austrian label Orlando Records on the last day on last year. We did the recordings in Vienna last January and…

Chausson Concerto live video

It was such a joy to perform one of my favourite pieces since childhood, the gorgeous Chausson Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet with a perfect group of players at Stift a few months ago. I recently got the…

‘Les annees folles’ recital disc

I’m delighted that the ‘Les années folles’ CD with Natacha Kudritskaya is now available everywhere on Itunes, Amazon and Apple music. This CD focusses on wild and crazy years in Paris in the 20’s and 30’s, with three important sonatas:…

Premiere of ‘Daniel’s Tango’

It was wonderful to perform the premiere of Marcelo Nisinman’s ‘Daniel’s Tango’ at the Stift Festival in August. Marcelo says: “The piece is dedicated to Daniel, a portrait of himself I imagined. A barbarian-tango-love piece.” This brilliant, hilarious, touching, totally imaginative…

Autumn concerts

I’m looking forward to some fun and diverse concerts this autumn: first I’m off to Poland, directing the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra in Sczecin, then I’m greatly looking forward to performing by beloved Korngold Concerto with HET Symfonieorkest in Enschede at the end…

Welcome to my new site!

Welcome! I hope you’ll enjoy having a look around my new site designed by Pilvax Studio and that you’ll like Balazs Borocz’s great ‘Amsterdam photos’ as much as I do. They were taken over 2 days at the end of…

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