Daniel Austrich

Daniel Austrich (born 1984) is a Russian classical violinist, who performs both as a soloist and a chamber musician.

Austrich was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in the USA and at the Hochschule fűr Musik in Coligne

Austrich has won many international competitions, including the 1999 Hamburg Instrumental Competition. He has soloed with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, St.Petersburg Camerata, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.

In 2009 Austrich gave the Russian premiere of "Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra on Porgy and Bess" by Alexander Courage, with the Moscow Philharmonic. He has performed chamber music with musicians including David Geringas, Itzhak Perlman, Donald Weilerstein, Julian Steckel, Jascha Nemtsov, Olga Scheps, Werner von Schnitzler, Fedor Belugin, Andrey Baranov, and the St.Petersburg String Quartet. Austrich also recorded a duet with Jose Carreras for the album "Energia".

In 2012, Austrich joined Michelangelo String Quartet, where he performs together with Mihaela Martin, Nobuko Imai, and Frans Helmerson. In 2012, the quartet performed in the Scotland. In 2015 they performed at the Library of Congress, receiving a mixed review from the Washington Post. In 2015 he performed with this group at the George Enescu International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival; that same year the quartet traveled to Tokyo to perform music by Beethoven, and Austrich also performed with the Macombo Chamber Players.

In 2016 he performed at the International Chamber Music Festival in Jerusalem and as part of the Classical extravaganza concerts in Russia.

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