Daniel Lozakovich (born 1 April 2001) is a Swedish classical violinist. He made his concert debut aged 9 under

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in Moscow, and was signed by

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at the age of 15 in 2016. He has released 5 albums as of 2024.

Life and career

Daniel Lozakovitj was born in Stockholm to a

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father and a Kyrgyz mother. He began playing the violin at the age of six, later enrolling at Karlsruhe University of Music to study with Professor Josef Rissin in 2012, and since 2015 has been mentored by Eduard Wulfson in

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. In 2016, he was the winner of the Vladimir Spivakov International Violin Competition, and soon after, was a returning soloist with the

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under

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in the closing concert of the XV Moscow Easter Festival. He signed an exclusive contract with

in June 2016, making him the youngest member at the time on the label's roster at the age of 15. Lozakovich's first full recording for Deutsche Grammophon, made with the Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks, was released in June 2018 and featured Bach's two concertos for violin and orchestra ( BWV 1041 and

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), and his Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004 for solo violin. His debut album reached No.1 in the French Amazon charts, and No.1 in Germany's classical album chart. Lozakovich's second album, ''None but the Lonely Heart'', was released in October 2019. In February 2023, Mark Pullinger from ''

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'' named this recording as Top Choice spanning 70 years of best recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. In 2020, he joined forces with his mentor Gergiev and the

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to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth with a live recording of the composer's Violin Concerto. Lozakovich currently plays both the Ex-Baron Rothschild

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on a loan on behalf of the owner by Reuning & Son (Boston) and Eduard Wulfson, and the Le Reynier Stradivari (1727), which was loaned by the

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group. He was invited to perform at the state dinner at the

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on 20 September 2023 during Charles III's state visit to France. Lozakovich performed along with the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France conducted by

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at the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame after its

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Discography

* ''Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Partita No. 2'' (2018). Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks. DG * ''Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart'' (2019). National Philharmonic of Russia,

. DG *'' Beethoven: Violin Concerto'' (2020).

. DG ive recording, Beethoven 250th anniversary* ''Spirits'' (2023). Stanislav Soloviev. DG * Grieg, Franck, Shor-Pletnev, Shostakovich. (2024). Mikhail Pletnev. Warner Classics.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lozakovich, Daniel 2001 births Living people Swedish classical violinists 21st-century classical violinists 21st-century Swedish musicians Deutsche Grammophon artists Musicians from Stockholm Swedish people of Belarusian descent Swedish people of Kyrgyzstani descent