Daniel Andai is presently concertmaster
of The Miami Symphony Orchestra (MISO) and has performed
as a soloist on several occasions, including their newly
released CD, An Evening in Vienna. He is the
founder of the Special Development Program and is scheduled
to record Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and appear
as soloist with MISO on their upcoming tour throughout
South and Central Americas.
Mr. Andai is also the concertmaster of the Philharmonic
Orchestra of the Americas (POA) in New York City and
has performed as a soloist on their SONY Classical CD's,
Mi Alma Mexicana. He was also the solo violinist
for the world-wide televised performance at the Angel
of Independence, for a crowd of millions, celebrating
Mexico's Bicentennial Independence. Other solo performances
include New York's Lincoln Center and at the Festival
of the Americas in Vermont. He was a featured soloist
while on tour with the orchestra in Mexico (2010) and
led POA alongside major recording artists (John Legend,
Santana, Jose Feliciano, Kenny G, Patti Lebel) for Gloria
Estefan's award tribute concert hosted by the Grammy's.
Additional concerts have included collaborations with
Grammy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla and the Argentinean
Tango band, Bajofondo, at the Disney Hall in Los Angeles.
Most recently, Daniel Andai performed with actor/narrator
Chris Noth (Sex and the City) in Lincoln Center
and is scheduled to return to Mexico to perform as a
soloist on their new CD set this winter.
Previous orchestral appointments have included concertmaster
of the Filarmonica de Minas Gerais in Brazil, Dicapo
Opera Orchestra in New York as well as associate concertmaster
of the Verbier Chamber Orchestra in Switzerland, with
whom he traveled extensively throughout the world as
a member of the Vengerov Project (with violinists
Maxim Vengerov, Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang and Hilary
Hahn). He was also principal violinist in Kurt Masur's
Seminar Orchestra and Pinchas Zukerman's chamber orchestra
in Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he served as concertmaster
for film composer Dave Grussin's orchestra on the Jazz
Roots series. Orchestral collaborations include
the New York Philharmonic, Florida Philharmonic, National
Symphony of the Dominican Republic, New World Symphony
and the Miyazaki Orchestra in Japan.
As a recitalist and chamber musician, Mr. Andai has
performed in various international festivals such as
the Indiana University String Academy, UBS Verbier International
Festival, Luzerne Festival, Academy of Montpelier, Meadowmount
School of Music, Banff Centre, University of Lincoln-Nebraska,
Schlern International Festival, Killington Music Festival,
Bravo!, Venezuelan Festival "El Sistema en el Mundo",
Bowdoin International Festival, Festival del Sole (Italy,
California and Singapore), Cooperstown Music Festival,
Music Festival of the Americas, Miyazaki International
Festival, Berkeley Chamber Concerts, Campo do Jordao
in Brazil and the Beaumaris International Festival in
Wales, among others. He was a member of Richard Danielpour's
contemporary music Claremont Ensemble in New
York City and first violinist of the trouring Vols String
Quartet, presenting concerts and educational outreaches
to thousands of students from elementary schools to
the college level. Mr. Andai has conducted master classes
throughout the US at various colleges, festivals and
youth orchestras and has collaborated with members of
the Guarneri, Emerson, Cassatt, Vermeer, Corigliano
and Chiara String Quartets.
Daniel Andai has been invited by the Manhattan School
of Music as a performer and guest speaker for their
inaugural Entrepreneurial Program as well as being a
representative at the inaugural Rice University Career
Seminar in Texas. He also serves as a panelist for former
Governor and First Lady of Florida Jeb and Columba Bush's
ARTS for Life Scholarship Competition and as a grant
panelist for Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs. Other
special appearances include performances for Lech Walesa
(former Prime Minister of Poland), Benjamin Netanyahu
(Prime Minister of Israel), Hillary Clinton (U.S. Secretary
of State), Al Gore (former U.S. Vice President), Ernesto
Zedillo (former President of Mexico), Felipe Calderon
(President of Mexico), and actors Robert Redford, Andy
Garcia, Chris Noth & Donald Trump (The Apprentice).
Daniel Andai is a recording artist for AMZ Records in
Miami that recently recorded a music video and hit single
with Panama's Latin American Idol winner, released throughout
the Caribbean and South America. Other appearances include
The Late Show with David Letterman, solo violinist
in the award winning PBS documentary special "Sugihara-
Conspiracy of Kindness," as soloist with orchestras
on the CACAO Label and SONY Classical Label and radio
and television performances in South America’s
Channel 4 RED Station program "Cachureos",
Univision and Telemundo Stations, Vermont's WVPR, Boston's
WGBH, New York’s WNYC, WQXR and National Public
Radio WXEL & WKAT Classical Stations in addition
to movie soundtracks.
In humanitarian efforts, Daniel Andai has been recognized
as a concertmaster by donating his services alongside
members of the New York Philharmonic, MET Opera Orchestra,
Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra,
Guarneri and Emerson Quartets, raising funds through
annual concerts in Carnegie Hall for cities affected
by natural disasters in Darfur, Asia, and Haiti. His
involvement inaugurating the Kids Village Youth Orchestra,
now the Miami Symphony Youth Orchestra, as well as being
a guest, is highly regarded. He has also performed raising
funds funds for Best Buddies International and Missionaries
of the Poor in Jamaica.
Daniel Andai is the professor of violin at Miami-Dade
College and the New World School of the Arts in Miami.
He is also on the faculty of the Killington Music Festival
in Vermont and serves on the advisory board for the
City of Aventura Performing Arts Center. Former teachers
include NY Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow,
Lisa Kim, Sergiu Schwartz, Ruggiero Ricci and David
Oistrack pupil, Cyrus Forough. He holds degrees from
the Manhattan School of Music Orchestral Program (Rafael
Bronstein Award and the Helen F. Whitaker Scholarship
recipient) and the Conservatory of Music at Lynn University
in Florida.
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