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David Garrett is a German violinist, model, recording artist, and actor. Born David Christian Bongartz on September 4, 1980, in Aachen, he began his professional work period in 1988. He is a citizen of Germany and speaks German. Garrett received his education at the Juilliard School and has been recognized with the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia.
His musical career spans classical music, classical crossover, neo-classical, and instrumental genres. He performs on the violin and is signed to the Decca record label. Garrett has authored thirty works, including titles such as Ghouls, Subliminal Poetry, Rough Neck, Spooky Morning, and Something Supernatural. He also has five works listed in academic databases.
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Film & TV
Aachen, Germany
David Christian Bongartz (born 4 September 1980), known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical and crossover violinist and recording artist.
Known for
- Die Helene Fischer Show 2024 — Self2024
- Du gewinnst hier nicht die Million bei Stefan Raab — Self2024
- David Garrett - Sicilian Concert at Taormina's Teatro Antico — Himself - Violonist2023
- Stradivari - Mythos und Markt - Die dunklen Seiten des Klangwunders — Self2023
- Tanz und Träume - Das Deutsche Fernsehballett — Self2022
- David Garrett - Ein Weltstar ganz privat — Self2022
- David Garrett & Band - Baths of Caracalla in Rome 2022 — Self2022
- Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg — Self2022
- stern TV am Sonntag — Self2022
- Die Giovanni Zarrella Show — Self2021
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1980-09-04
Discography
- Millennium Symphony 2-CD + DVD
- Paganini Caprices1997
- Violin Concertos2001
- Pure Classics2002
- Free / Virtuoso2007
- Encore2008
- Classic Romance2009
- Rock Symphonies2010
- Legacy2011
- Music2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 242,953
- Total plays
- 5,354,751
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David Garrett (born David Bongartz, 1980 sept 4 in Aachen, Germany[1]) is a classical violinist and recording artist. When Garrett was four years old, his father bought a violin for his older brother. The young David took an interest and soon learned to play. A year later, he took part in a competition and won first prize. By the age of seven, he was playing once a week in public. He studied violin at the Lubeck Conservatoire. At the age of 12, he began working with the distinguished Polish vio
Key facts
- Born
- David Christian Bongartz , ( 1980-09-04 ) 4 September 1980 (age 45) , Aachen , West Germany
- Genres
- Classical , Crossover
- Instrument
- Violin
- Years active
- c. 1988–present
- Labels
- Decca , Deutsche Grammophon
- Website
- david-garrett .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Aachen
- Occupation
- music arranger
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- violin
- Record label
- Decca
- Official website
- www.david-garrett.com
- Image
- Garrett 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- David Garrett
- date of birth
- 1980-09-04
- birth name
- David Christian Bongartz
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- social media followers
- 104839
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
David Christian Bongartz (born 4 September 1980), known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical and crossover violinist and recording artist.
Early life
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