Daniel Hope

Hope was born in Durban, South Africa, and is of IrishNuala McCann. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-41187534 "Daniel Hope: Irish roots 'lifeline' for Proms violinist."] BBC News NI. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2020. and Jewish German descent, his maternal grandparents, formerly from Berlin, having escaped Nazism."Backstage with Daniel Hope", Limelight, March 2015, p. 24 His father is the novelist Christopher Hope, FRSL, and his mother Eleanor Hope worked as an assistant to Yehudi Menuhin.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/aug/08/violin-music-for-children | title=My son, the violinist | work=The Guardian | author=Christopher Hope | date=7 August 2009 | access-date=8 August 2016}} When Hope was just six months old, his family moved from South Africa to London, because of his father's anti-apartheid views.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/27/classicalmusicandopera | title=Dear Daniel, that was enchanting | work=The Guardian | author=Kate Connolly | date=27 September 2007 | access-date=8 August 2016}} In the UK Hope was educated at Highgate School{{cite book|last1=Hughes|first1=Patrick|editor-last=Davies|editor-first=Ian|title=Highgate School Register 1833–1988|date=1988|page=430|edition=7th}} and studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Stoke d'Abernon. In 2011 he was appointed visiting professor in violin by the Royal Academy of Music, where he had studied under Zakhar Bron and gained a diploma (DipRAM) and a fellowship (FRAM).{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/29/yehudi-menuhin-by-daniel-hope-violinist | title=My mentor Yehudi Menuhin: 'I can still hear his beautiful sound' | work=The Guardian | author=Daniel Hope | date=29 March 2016 | access-date=8 August 2016}}

Hope became the violinist of the Beaux Arts Trio in 2002.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/arts/music/05pres.html|title=A Trio Winds Down, a Circle Closes, and Musicians Plan to Go On|work=The New York Times|author=James R. Oestreich|author-link=James R. Oestreich|date=5 April 2008|access-date=8 August 2016}} His burgeoning career led to his decision to leave the Beaux Arts Trio, which in turn led to the decision to disband the ensemble.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/arts/music/08beau.html|title=A Group Says Goodbye to Its New York Fans|work=The New York Times|author=Allan Kozinn|author-link=Allan Kozinn|date=8 April 2008|access-date=8 August 2016}} The Beaux Arts Trio, with Hope as the final violinist in the history of the ensemble, gave its final concerts in August 2008.{{cite news | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93589600 | title=Beaux Arts Trio Bids Farewell at Tanglewood | publisher=NPR | author=Tom Huizenga | date=19 August 2008 | access-date=8 August 2016}}

Hope has served as an associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival. In April 2015 he was named the new music director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, effective in 2016.{{cite news|title=Daniel Hope to replace Sir Roger Norrington in Zurich|url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/daniel-hope-to-replace-sir-roger-norrington-in-zurich|access-date=4 May 2015|work=Gramophone|date=28 April 2015}} On 16 March 2018, at the conclusion of a joint performance by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and New Century Chamber Orchestra at which he served as concertmaster, Hope was announced as the latter ensemble's new music and artistic director.

In 2017 he was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his merits in the musical constitution of commemorative culture.

Hope plays the 1737Hope calls it "1742". Guarneri "ex-Lipinski" violin.

Daniel Hope presented the 2013 documentary film The Secrets of the Violin, which explored the history of violin making from Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri to modern makers like Samuel Zygmuntowicz.

Hope and {{ill|Tamina Kallert|de}} were the presenters for the Eurovision Young Musicians 2016 in Cologne, Germany on 3 September 2016.{{cite web|last1=Fisher|first1=Luke James|title=Daniel Hope and Tamina Kallert set to host Eurovision Young Musicians 2016|url=http://www.youngmusicians.tv/page/news?id=daniel_hope_and_tamina_kallert_set_to_host_eurovision_young_musicians_2016|website=youngmusicians.tv|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=24 August 2016|date=28 April 2016}}

In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hope began a series of over 100 live concerts broadcast on Arte. These broadcasts under the title "Hope@Home" reached an audience of millions,{{Cite news |last=Hope |first=Daniel |date=1 May 2020 |title=It's DIY TV |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/01/its-diy-tv-daniel-hope-on-performing-to-millions-from-his-living-room}} and earned an OPUS KLASSIK award, Sonderpreis der Jury für besondere Leistungen. The project began as house concerts filmed at his home in Berlin. Appearing with him were artists, often well known, who were also living in the city.

With the easing of lockdown in the summer of 2020, it became possible to move the concerts out of Hope's home to other locations ("Hope@Home on Tour") before the series came to a temporary halt.

In November, as social distancing tightened across Europe with the second wave of the pandemic, the series resumed in Hope's living-room, this time with a focus on young performers, as "Hope@Home Next Generation". In mid-November the Hope@Home team travelled to San Francisco where Hope worked with the New Century Chamber Orchestra and other artists. Returning to Berlin, the series continued into December 2020.{{Cite web |last=Niles |title=Violinist Daniel Hope streams Hope@Home |url=https://www.violinist.com/blog/laurie/202011/28543/ |access-date=2020-11-25}}

In December 2021 and 2022, special Christmas concerts were streamed on the ARTE Concert channel.{{Cite web |last=Arte |title=A special Christmas concert from violinist Daniel Hope's Berlin living-room |website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQheWGYCUGU |access-date=2021-12-27}}

Hope is in his second marriage to the painter Silvana Kaiser.[https://www.blick.ch/people-tv/international/star-geiger-daniel-hope-44-erklaert-uns-die-klassische-musik-wann-darf-ich-klatschen-id7556676.html "Star-Geiger Daniel Hope (44) erklärt uns die klassische Musik – Wann darf ich klatschen?"] by Flavia Schlittler, Blick, 5 November 2017 {{in lang|de}} The couple lived in Vienna and moved to Berlin in 2016. He holds Irish and German nationality.

In 2020 Hope released a disc of highlights from the Hope@Home broadcasts and a Christmas compilation.

He has recorded commercially for Deutsche Grammophon since 2007.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/13/daniel-hope-joseph-joachim-romantic | title=Daniel Hope: The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration of Joseph Joachim – review | work=The Observer | author=Stephen Pritchard | date=12 March 2011 | access-date=8 August 2016}}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/03/daniel-hope-my-tribute-to-yehudi-menuhin-review | title=My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin CD review – Daniel Hope's loving homage | work=The Observer | author=Fiona Maddocks|authorlink=Fiona Maddocks | date=3 April 2016 | access-date=8 August 2016}}

Hope has been recognised in the Echo Klassik awards (often stylized as ECHO Klassik, this was Germany's major classical music award until its renaming in 2018) and its successor award Opus Klassik.

• 2004: ECHO Klassik: Newcomer of the Year (Violin Concertos – Alban Berg, Benjamin Britten)
• 2006: ECHO Klassik: Chamber Music Recording of the Year (East Meets West)
• 2006: ECHO Klassik: Musician of the Year (Dmitri Shostakovich, Violin Concertos 1 & 2)
• 2008: ECHO Klassik: Concert Recording of the Year (Mendelssohn (with Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Thomas Hengelbrock))
• 2009: ECHO Klassik: Concert Recording of the year (Vivaldi)
• 2013: ECHO Klassik: Classic without Borders (Recomposed by Max Richter)
• 2017: ECHO Klassik: Classic without Borders (For Seasons)
• 2021: Opus Klassik: Special award

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• [http://www.danielhope.com/ Daniel Hope official website]
• [https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/danielhope/biography Daniel Hope's biography], Deutsche Grammophon

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