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Daniel Andai
 Violin
Hailed by the New York Times as an "exemplary leader," for conducting the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia along with members of the New York Philharmonic from the concertmaster chair in Carnegie Hall, violinist Daniel Andai continues to share his versatile artistry as concert soloist, recitalist, recording artist, orchestral and chamber musician on five continents including the Middle East, the Caribbean and the United States in some of the worlds leading concert halls.

Mr. Andai was prize winner of numerous competitions and recipient of awards, of which include the Raphael Bronstein Award from the Manhattan School of Music, Schlern International Competition in Italy, Luis Sigal International Violin Competition in Chile and International Soloist Festival in Moscow. This has led to many performances with such orchestras as the Florida Philharmonic, Moscow State Symphony, Miami Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonica Juvenil de Caracas, Sinfonica Venezolana Simon Bolivar, Renaissance Chamber Orchestra, Virtuosi Camerata and the Welsch Chamber Orchestra.

 

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Daniel Andai is currently the concertmaster of the Miami Symphony Orchestra and the New York City based Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas that recently performed at Avery Fisher Hall (Lincoln Center). He is a member of both the UBS Verbier Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra in Europe with whom he toured throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia with such artists as Charles Dutoit, Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet, Leonidas Kavakos, Heinrich Schiff, James Levine, Sarah Chang and Maxim Vengerov (as part of the Vengerov Project). Mr. Andai has held concertmaster positions for the New Amsterdam Symphony (Earl Kimser Chair), DiCapo Opera Theater and the Orpheus Institute Chamber Sinfonia in New York including principal positions of the 2007 Kurt Masur Seminar Orchestra and the 2008 Chamber Sinfonia with Pinchas Zukerman at Carnegie Hall.

Other collaborations have included violinist in the New York Philharmonic, the Florida Philharmonic, Miyazaki Festival Orchestra (Japan) and New World Symphony. He is a member of the prestigious contemporary music Claremont Ensemble led by composer Richard Danielpour and the first violinist of the Vols String Quartet, with whom he has appeared throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Canada and Europe in recitals as well as educational outreach programs. Mr. Andai has conducted master classes throughout the US at colleges and Youth Orchestras and was a representative for the Manhattan School of Music at the Inaugural Rice University Career Seminar in Texas.

Daniel Andai is currently on the faculty at the Miami-Dade College and New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida as well as on the advisory board for the City of Aventura Performing Arts Center. He holds both a Master of Music and Professional Arts Degrees from the Manhattan School of Music's Orchestral Program as the Helen F. Whitaker Fund String Initiative Scholarship recipient where he studied with New York Philharmonics Lisa Kim & concertmaster, Glenn Dicterow. He also holds the Bachelor of Music Degree (graduating Cum Laude) from Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Florida where he was a student of Sergiu Schwartz. He took part in inaugurating the Kids Village Youth Orchestra, now the Miami Symphony Youth Orchestra and is a frequent guest. He was the solo violinist on the award winning PBS Special, "Sugihara - Conspiracy of Kindness". His other television and radio credits include Chile's Channel 4 RED Station program, "Cachureos" and National Public Radio WXEL, WKAT Classical Station, Univision and Telemundo Stations.

 

 

 

 

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