From the Dan David Wikipedia
Dan David (born December 28, 1977) is a Thornhill based (Canadian Ukrainian) composer and virtuoso musician who plays the violin.
He started playing at the age of seven and shortly after completing a music degree, he became a songwriter and used the violin to create full band rock and pop songs. In his teens, he studied with teachers Tom Williams and Sonia Jelinkova at McGill in Montreal. He then moved to Toronto in 1998.
He released his First CD, [The Right Place, in 2004 and his new CD, There's Peace]Toronto Exclusive Magazine interview, with nationwide distribution from Indigo/Indiepool Canada in 2007.
Dan David (Dan Aronovich) played for Googoosh on her 2000 and 2001 world tour, as violinist. The first performance was Held at the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto. He was later asked to lead string recordings for [her single in 2003 http://www.googooshmusic.com ].
With the release of his own music and his second CD in 2007, he played for the Hit show, “are you smarter than a Canadian 5th grader?” airing on Global TV. Dan David also got involved in Political campaigns that year, and has since played for, among few: the Mayors of York Region, the [GREEN PARTY http://www.gpo.ca], The Liberals, and for news Veteran [Peter Kent's http://www.peterkent.ca] conservative party campaign. Dan also played for a national protest broadcast on CTV and CBC stations to save a Richmond Hill based centre (a planetarium) used for discovery and research.
Dan David went on his own first tour in July 2008 playing in Canada and the United States and appeared[1] on [Daystar www.daystar.com] National Television, playing several times during the 2 hour broadcast which reportedly went out to over 100 Million homes.
Dan David constantly collaborates with other well known artists and notable musicians. Since performing with Persian diva Googoosh in July 2000 (and seeing that many thousands enjoyed his playing at the Air Canada Centre), Dan has worked with, among a few: Pedro Eustache, Marty Marty Goetz, guitar virtuoso Babak Amini, Producer Charles Amore, Ted Pearce, and many others.
Notable Concert performances and features include:
- He played at the Prestigious Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, in August 2008, playing for a world peace event with his music and band.
- Played at the Rogers Centre with an attendance of nearly 30,000 for Heaven’s Rehearsal 2008, a full 3 hour Concert that is released on DVD .
- Played on the main stage of Messiah Conference 2008 (televised by Daystar) and played at Messiah Conference 2009 on July 4th for the Saturday evening Service held at the main auditorium.
- Dan David and his band have played special outreach concerts at numerous venues that are well known, including: The legendary red Rooster, St Laurence market main stage, Earl Bales amphitheater, The Performing Arts theater, The Phoenix, and many others.
- Dan David’s songs play regularly on radio stations including: Hope fm, Faith fm, Grace fm, Shalom Nashville, and many many others.
While teaching over 100 students since 1999 as his day job (before he got International Fame and Recognition), Dan David is also the Author of Two published books, Violin Made Easy and Scales Made Easy, published by Mayfair Montgomery Publishing, the international publishing home of Leila Fletcher’s piano books.
Discography
(can be purchased using the links)
DVD releases
- Googoosh in Toronto (2001 Kia)
- Christmas Special (2006 Crossroads)
- Celebration (2008 Daystar)
- Heaven’s Rehearsal 2008 (Rogers Centre, 2008)
- House of David, 2009 (Vision TV) (click the link to buy the dvds)
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