Daniel Lozakovich

»There is something effortlessly, unbrokenly pure in Lozakovich’s tone… [His performance of Brahms’s Violin Concerto was] of almost icy perfection, but only in the sense that what we heard was so extraordinarily clear and crystalline. His playing is remarkably beautiful [and] his technique such that it is entirely at the service of the music…« Seen and Heard International, review of the artist’s BBC Proms debut, August 2022 Daniel Lozakovich, whose impressive playing is highly acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, was born in Stockholm in 2001 and began playing the violin at almost seven years old. Two years later, he made his solo debut in Moscow with the Moscow Virtuosi State Chamber Orchestra and Vladimir Spivakov, and soon after performed with the Philharmonic Orchestras of Stockholm, Moscow, and Liverpool, the Orchestre National de France, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, among others. He began his studies with Josef Rissin at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in 2012 and has been mentored artistically by Eduard Wulfson in Geneva since 2015. In May 2016, the young Swede achieved his international breakthrough: he made headlines worldwide as the winner of the international Vladimir Spivakov Competition and then shortly thereafter, following a re-invitation, played as a soloist with the Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev at the closing concert of the 15th Moscow Easter Festival. Among the many other awards he received are the »Prix Young Artist of the Year« at the Festival of Nations 2017 in Bad Wörishofen, the »Young Talent« award 2017 at the Premios Excelentia (Spain), and the »Promising Young Artist« award at the Premios Batuta 2019 (Mexico). Lozakovich now regularly works with leading orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, as well as with some of the most renowned international conductors including Semyon Bychkov, Neeme Järvi, Klaus Mäkelä, Andris Nelsons, Vasily Petrenko, Lahav Shani, Leonard Slatkin, Nathalie Stutzmann, and Robin Ticciati. His chamber music partners include Emanuel Ax, Sergei Babayan, Khatia Buniatishvili, Renaud Capuçon, Seong-Jin Cho, Martin Fröst, Daniel Hope, Shlomo Mintz, and Maxim Vengerov. Daniel Lozakovich signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon in June 2016, shortly after his 15th birthday. This contract made him the youngest member of the DG artist family. Even before signing with the yellow label, his DG colleague Daniel Hope invited him to record a selection of Bartók’s Duos for two violins for Hope’s album My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin. Lozakovich’s first complete album for Deutsche Grammophon was recorded with the Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and released in June 2018. It features Bach’s two Concertos for Violin and Orchestra (BWV 1041 and 1042) and his Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004). This debut was a great success, reaching No. 1 on the French Amazon charts (all music categories) and the German classical album charts. Lozakovich’s second album, None but the Lonely Heart, was released in October 2019. The all-Tchaikovsky program features the Violin Concerto in a live recording with the Russian National Philharmonic and Spivakov, the Méditation for violin and orchestra, and arrangements of two vocal works: Lensky’s aria from Eugene Onegin and the Romance Op. 6 No. 6 »None but the lonely heart«, from which the album takes its name. The following year, Lozakovich teamed up with Gergiev and the Munich Philharmonic to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a live recording of the composer’s Violin Concerto, released as an e-album video in June 2020 and three months later on CD. His latest album, Spirits, was released digitally in April 2023. In it, he pays tribute to seven legendary 20th-century violinists and reflects on their skill and repertoire with works by Elgar, Debussy, Falla, Gluck, Brahms, and Kreisler. »Fabulous musicality and a beautiful vibrato,« wrote violinist.com. »22-year-old Daniel Lozakovich keeps getting better, if that’s even possible.« Recent highlights include his debut at the BBC Proms in summer 2022 with Brahms’s Violin Concerto, as well as performances of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 KV 216 at the Berlin Philharmonie and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto at La Scala in Milan. He will also perform the latter at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in July. Further plans for the summer include a recital with works by Rachmaninoff and Brahms with Antoine Tamestit, Klaus Mäkelä, and Yuja Wang at the Verbier Festival (July), and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer at the Edinburgh Festival (August). Daniel Lozakovich plays two instruments: the Stradivari »ex-Baron Rothschild« on generous loan from Reuning & Son (Boston) and Eduard Wulfson on behalf of the owner, and the Stradivari Le Reynier (1727), a kind loan from the LVMH Group. 4/2023