~ Biography ~
Of French-Hungarian-Israeli family background, Sydney-born Daniel Weltlinger is one of the world’s great violinists and composers and is highly acclaimed for his distinctive sound and improvisational approach in the genres of Gypsy-swing, jazz, klezmer and experimental/free-improvised music. He is frequently in demand as a solo recording/performance artist with some of Australia’s top musicians in a variety of different formats and is highly sought after both nationally and internationally for his technical and musical mastery on his main instrument.
He has performed and recorded in Australia, Europe, China, the US and Israel with a host of acclaimed artists and ensembles including Monsieur Camembert, Nadya and her 101 Candles Orkestra, German-Gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt, Argentinian bandoneonist
Joaquín Amenábar and the Israeli jazz band Swing de Gitanes amongst countless others. His main Australian-based projects ‘Zohar’s Nigun’ and ‘The Asthmatix’ brilliantly fuse Jewish themes and Kabbalistic-inspired improvisation within the respective contemporary frameworks of jazz and hip-hop, both groups slated to release their debut albums in 2012.
Daniel is endorsed by a number of top international companies including Danish microphone producer DPA microphones, Scottish-based Skyinbow acoustic pickups, US-based Saga instruments and the Australian branch of French multinational bank BNP Paribas who commissioned him in 2010 to record an album dedicated to the music of French-Gypsy composer Django Reinhardt.
Daniel also composes with producer Bruce Maginnis for the international production music library houses Audio Network and Fable, and teaches Classical and Contemporary violin at Australian Institute of Music.
Artists and ensembles Daniel has collaborated with:
- Lulo Reinhardt
- Nadya and her 101 Candles Orkestra
- Monsieur Camembert
- Joaquin Amenabar
- Fuego Lento
- Ian and Nigel Date
- Edouard Bronson
- Phillipe Witwer
- Cope Street Parade
- Swing de Gitanes
- Miki Gavrielov
- Naftali Abramson
- I Gitanos
- Mike and Moro Reinhardt
- Menino
- Peter Petrel
- Malcolm Lilly
- Samson Shmitt
- Yourgui Loeffler
- Young Hot Club de Koblenz
- Sascha Reinhardt Ensemble
- Diego Reinhardt
- Itamar Erez
- Sangeet Mishna
- Alexey Krupsky
- Kevin Davy
- Slava Grigoryan
- Joseph Tawadros
- Bobby Singh
- Al Slavik
- Reuben Derrick
- Chris Tanner
- Ewan Mackenzie
- Peter Baylor
- Clayton Thomas
- Clare Cooper
- Neill Duncan
- Oscar Jiminez
- Darren Moore
- Simon Powis
- Mark Van Doornum
- Ashley Chatto
- Peter Holo
- Cameron Ford
- John Blenkhorn
- Lucky Oceans
- Adam Sussman
- Matt Earle
- Phil Slater’s Very Very Interactive Band
- Leo Bonne
- Splinter Orchestra
- Sydney Symphony Orchestra
- Australian Youth Orchestra
- STC Actor’s Company
- Belvoir Street Theatre Company
- Theatre Of Image
- Aerialise
- Mic Conway’s National Junk Band
- The Noise
- On The Stoop
- Waiting For Guinness
- The Jews Brothers
- Peppermint T
- Glass
- Doch Gypsy Orchestra
