1.
His father, large amateur of violin and string instruments antique dealer, often
received at home experienced violinists.
When David was four, his father brought back a violin to his older brother. The
little David, already an hot-headed temper, wanted to do the same and he
insisted very much to playing too. His ability and his interest to play caused the
admiration of all his entourage.
At the age of 5, he toke part in a competition and succeeded it with awards.
He was 7 and he played already in public once a week. He went to the Lubeck
Conservatoire, then he studied in Berlin.
At the age of 9, he played a Mozart Concert with Orchestra.
At the age of 10, as a child prodigy, he made his public début, using the surname of his
mother, giving his first Concert “Zigeunerweissen” by Pablo de Sarasate, with the
conductor Gerd Albrecht and the Hambourg Philharmonic Orchestra.
At the age of 12, he began working with the great polish violinist Ida Haendel, often
travelling to London and the other european cities, and even to Miami to meet her. The
sensible advice of the great Lady were precious for the future musical development of
David.
David Garrett (Sep 4-1980)
(born David Christian Bongartz)
Aachen, Germany.
Ida Haendel,

2.
At the age of 13, he had already recorded two CDs and appeared on German and Dutch television.
He gave a concert in the residence of the Federal Republic of Germany President, the villa Hammerschmidt, at Dr. von
Weizsâcker’s personal invitation.
He was offered the possibility to use the famous Stradivarius “San Lorenzo”, which is among the best instruments of the
“golden period”. At the age of 14, as the youngest soloist ever, he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche
Grammophon.
Between the ages of 10 and 15, he had a private schooling. He had no contact with children of his age. At this time, he
didn’t think that it was out of the ordinary because he knew nothing else.
At the age of 17, he played with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Zubin Mehta in Delhi and Bombay
with regard to the fiftieth anniversary of India’s Independence.
At the age of 19, he played with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchster under the direction of Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos in Berlin
and was unanimously celebrated by the critics. Then, David was invited to perform at the Expo 2000 in Hannover.
After a bad experience at the Royal College of Music in London, he realized that his chilhood had been quite odd. He was
his violin's slave, and at the time it was his only friend. He then started to discover the real life and wanted to catch up lost
time, by enjoying life.
At the age of 21, he was invited to perform at the "Night of the Proms”. It was very exciting to play as a “PopStar” in front of
600 000 people in just two months. He met a lot of young people, “wonderful people” he said. He never will forget that. As
he was charismatic and sociable, he fascined and had a big success with girls...
In the same way, he is very interested by this idea to bring young people to the classical music.

3.
He moved to New York and entered at the Juilliard School as one of
the first students to study with Itzhak Perlman. In the same time, he will
supplement his income by working as a model.
The experience of working with Perlman has helped him indentify
himself as a musician, to develop his musical voice and to prepare
himself for a life of music. He graduated from the Juilliard School with
many awards in 2004. He left New York and his close friends with
regret to come back in Germany and perform in Europe.
In 2003, he got a Giovanni-Battista Guadagnini "ex Baron Von
Gause"from 1770.
Since 2009, David has played the “Ex A. Busch” Stradivarius
(1716)

4.
Since childhood, he has performed on the greatest halls of the world,
either in chamber music and recital, either as soloist with more than 40
great international orchestras.

5.
Music: David Garrett - “Sonata No12 E
Minor Op 3” (Paganini)