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  • Genre: Classical

    Location Berlin, De

    Profile Views: 731906

    Last Login: 9/8/2011

    Member Since 6/25/2008

    Website www.david-garrett.com

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  1. David Garrett

    Big thanks to conductor John Axelrod in Milan, who posted this pic of David and him on twitter! "Rock on David... http://t.co/CSXBiCQk

  2. David Garrett

    "David Garrett, star of the violin" is said by the Italian press. Under the conductorship of John Axelrod David... http://t.co/QGCqMzwa

  3. David Garrett

    Die Champions-League-Hymne präsentiert von Star-Geiger David Garrett und Tenor Jonas Kaufmann . (Quelle: reuters)... http://t.co/2a1Yy50X

  4. David Garrett

    Together with tenor Jonas Kaufmann, David is going to perform at the opening ceremony of the Champions League... http://t.co/g4PPKMo8

  5. David Garrett

    David wird heute Abend bei der Eröffnungsfeier des Champions-League Finales in München zusammen mit Tenor Jonas... http://t.co/suuQZmv5

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  • Michelle J.


    Hallo mein lieber Freund David,
    wünsche dir einen märchenhaften Tag.
    Lieben Gruß & ein :)))
    ♦♦ ich ♦♦
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    Der Bleistift hat fünf Eigenschaften,
    und wenn du es schaffst, sie dir zu EIGEN zu machen,
    wirst du zu einem Menschen,
    der in Frieden mit der Welt lebt.

    Die erste Eigenschaft:
    Du kannst große Dinge tun,
    solltest aber nie vergessen,
    das  gibt jemanden gibt, der deine Schritte lenkt.
    Er wird dich immer seinem Willen
    entsprechend führen.

    Die zweite Eigenschaft.
    Manchmal muss ich das Schreiben unterbrechen
    und den Anspitzer benutzen. Dadurch leidet
    der Stift ein wenig, aber hinterher ist er
    wieder spitz. Also lerne hin und wieder
    Schmerzen zu ertragen, denn sie werden dich
    zu einem besseren Menschen machen.

    Die dritte Eigenschaft:
    Damit wir Fehler ausmerzen können, ist der
    Bleistift mit einem Radiergummi
    ausgestattet.
    Du musst begreifen, dass Korrigieren nichts
    Schlechtes, sondern dringend erforderlich
    ist, damit wir aus dem rechten Weg bleiben.

    Die vierte Eigenschaft:
    Worauf es beim Bleistift ankommt, ist nicht
    das Holz oder seine äußere Form, sondern die
    Graphitmine, die in ihm drinsteckt. Also
    achte immer auf das, was in dir vorgeht.

    Schließlich die fünfte Eigenschaft des
    Bleistifts:
    Er hinterlässt immer eine Spur. Auch du
    musst
    wissen, dass alles, was du im Leben tust,
    Spuren hinterlässt, und daher versuchen,
    das,
    was du gerade tust, ganz bewusst zu machen. 

    2 days ago
  • J ღ

    ♫‿ ⁀ thank‿ ⁀ You‿ ⁀ ☆

    3 days ago
  • Leonardo Di Paola

    Hello David! ;-D ^_^
    Thanks for the add! Are you a true talent! Your singles are really beautiful! Congratulations, respect you!  

    11 days ago
  • Michelle J.

    ______ssss$s  Hallo lieber David,
    _____$$$$$$$$s hab einen traumhaften Tag.
    ____$$$s$$$$$ Lieben Gruß & ein lächeln :)))
    ____$$s_$$$$$$s_________$$$s_s$$s ♦♦ ich ♦♦
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    * ★* * ★* * ★* *★*

    * ★* * ★* * ★* *★*
    Genieß die schönen Abendstunden.
    Genieß die Ruhe dieser Nacht.
    Genieß das Funkeln vieler Sterne.
    Genieß die helle klare Nacht.
    _★_★_★_
    Genieß den Mond in seinen Formen.
    Genieß den Mondesschein bei Nacht.
    Genieß die vielen schönen Stunden,
    die Du im Mondesschein verbracht.
    * ★* * ★* * ★* *★*

    * ★* * ★* * ★* *★* 

    17 days ago
  • Linda

    thanks for the add. :)  

    18 days ago
  • Peggy Amado S.

     Hello David , how are u, i am here now, congratulations for all wonderfulls things that you are living in this moments,  i am so happy whith u , and i feel a great admiration for u, take care sweet you are only, the best person and a great artist.

    20 days ago
  • Michelle J.

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    ¤¤$___die Welt liegt Dir zu Füßen.
    ¤¤$_¤ ¤°•••°¤ ¤°•••°¤ ¤
    ¤¤$_Du versprichst uns vielerlei.
    ¤¤$_Den Spargel lässt Du sprießen.
    ¤¤$_Maiglöckchenduft verzaubert uns;
    ¤¤$_wir wollen Dich genießen.
    ¤¤$___¤ ¤°•••°¤ ¤°•••°¤ ¤
    ¤¤$_Kaum ein Monat käme Dir gleich;
    ¤¤$_Du wirst umjubelt und geehrt.
    ¤¤$_Ich sag`s ganz ungeniert heraus;
    ¤¤$_Du bist es uns von Herzen wert.
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    24 days ago
  • Michelle J.

    •´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨)-:¦:- ♫♪ HAPPY WEEKEND ♪♫
    …(¸.•´ (¸.•´ .•´ ¸¸.•¨¯-:¦:-…-:¦-
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    Wenn dein Gehirn die Schranken
    senkt und nichts mehr wissen will,
    Wenn Torheit deine Taten lenkt,
    was sonst auch dich erfüllt,
    ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_)) ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_))
    ¨¨˜“ª¤¤ª“˜¨¨ ¨¨˜“ªaª“˜¨¨ ¨¨˜“ª¤¤ª“˜¨¨
    ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_)) ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_))
    Wenn deine Zeit im Argen liegt,
    Termin Terminen folgt
    Und dein Kalender sich verbiegt,
    der Einband bald, platzen will,
    ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_)) ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_))
    ¨¨˜“ª¤¤ª“˜¨¨ ¨¨˜“ªbª“˜¨¨ ¨¨˜“ª¤¤ª“˜¨¨
    ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_)) ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_))
    Dann setze dich hin und gönn' dir
    Ruhe', hör' einfach mal dir selber zu.
    Denn Hektik tut dir niemals gut,drum
    sag was ab, du brauchst nur Mut.
    ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_)) ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_))
    ¨¨˜“ª¤¤ª“˜¨¨ ¨¨˜“ªiª“˜¨¨ ¨¨˜“ª¤¤ª“˜¨¨
    ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_)) ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_))
    ganz entspannt, das ist so schön,
    du atmest durch, die Zeit bleibt
    stehn.Die Füße hoch und Augen zu,
    im Mittelpunkt stehst jetzt nur du.
    ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_)) ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_))
    ¨¨˜“ª¤¤ª“˜¨¨ ¨¨˜“ªnª“˜¨¨ ¨¨˜“ª¤¤ª“˜¨¨
    ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_)) ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_))
    Die Welt, sie braust an dir vorbei,
    lass sie doch rasen, heut hast du frei.
    Ganz entspannt, das ist so schön,
    tät dies Gefühl doch nie vergehen!
    ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_)) ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_))
    ¨¨˜“ª¤¤ª“˜¨¨ ¨¨˜“ªeª“˜¨¨ ¨¨˜“ª¤¤ª“˜¨¨
    ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_)) ((_,»*¯**¯*«,_))
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    1 month ago
  • !SHiLOH!

    you should come like these kids cuz they're fuckin badass....
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    AMHERST.  SAFEWORD.  WE DARE YOU.

    1 month ago
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Part maverick, part genius, total virtuoso, David Garrett, 25, has been surprising people since before he was four years old. It was then that his father gave him a violin (he was having a tantrum because his older brother had a violin teacher) and, without any lessons, the toddler picked it up and began playing. Fast forward just four years and David was already one of the foremost violinists in the world working with the most celebrated teachers and performing solos with legendary orchestras and conductors."After two months without a teacher I was playing better than my brother," laughs David now (his brother promptly gave up and took up piano, by the way). "I think my parents thought there must be some talent there, so they started to send me out to teachers." Working with the best teachers available in his native Germany, where his German father was a lawyer, his American mother a professional ballet dancer, David performed in front of an audience for the first time at the age of four.From the age of eight, with a management team already behind him, David was playing solo with leading international orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Russian National Orchestra and attracting the attention of the world's foremost music teachers and conductors, namely Zubin Mehta, Claudio Abbado and Mikhail Pletnev. He even performed under the direction of the legendary Yehudi Menuhin. "I'm flabbergasted when I listen to recordings of myself at that age," says David, without a hint of vanity. "It is kind of weird to hear someone so young play so well, even if it is me." Mind you, at the time, while his friends were becoming experts at PlayStation, he was putting in seven hours practice a day. With his father, a musician himself, mentoring him and with major tours requiring home tuition, David was rather isolated as a child and, in his own words, something of a "geek". "I'd listened to nothing but classical music until the age of 14," he says. "So when I started going to regular school, and started to be exposed to all this pop and rock, it was a revelation." He was particularly taken with hard rock – about as far away as you can get from the Beethoven and Mozart he was already well known for. "In school I was the odd guy," he says. "But I'm good at adapting. Image and clothes became important and I started downloading Hendrix, Led Zeppelin…" And he still has great respect for the rock heroes, insisting that you have to be in total control of your instrument to be able to pull it off like they do. Well, if anyone should know…

He even learnt to play guitar, though he says he never got really good at it (it's all relative), mainly so he could write his own compositions, something which the violin doesn't lend itself to. But despite stepping away from total immersion in classical music, David had not yet learned to rebel. That would come when he secretly set up auditions for himself at what is arguably the world's most famous music school, Juilliard in New York City, in order to study with his hero Itzhak Perlman while using a visit to his older brother who was studying at Harvard as cover. Unsurprisingly, considering he had already made several recordings and toured extensively, he made the grade, even though it wasn't his first taste of music school: he'd actually been expelled from the Royal College of Music in London for general non-attendance and for breaking into the teachers' rooms with a credit card to use their musical facilities! "My parents didn't want me to go to Juilliard," says David, with a laugh, admitting that for most parents it would be a dream come true. "They thought I didn't need it. But I needed to escape their influence. I actually found it musically cleansing. Before Juilliard I'd lived in a shell, spending 24 hours a day with adults. So to meet other musicians my age and to have a break from being treated like this child genius was a relief." He also found that he had injured himself playing so much, wrecking his back and shoulders while recording the 24 Paganini Caprices for Deutsche Grammophon at age 15, meaning that the break from the performance circuit came as a huge bonus. It was while studying at Juilliard that David was spotted by a model scout while out partying. Soon he was supplementing his meagre student income with assignments for magazines like Vogue and labels like Armani, appearing not only in glossy magazines but in runway shows. In fact, his college days and after he left were hugely enjoyable for David, who realised he had been something of a slave to music during his childhood. He discovered nightclubs, parties and good times ("I've definitely not left anything out," he says) and started surfing, "just well enough to impress the ladies." With a new pad in New York's funky Hell's Kitchen, where West Side Story was set, he found himself in the middle of it all: close to the cultural life of the Lincoln Center but near enough to the club culture of Chelsea and the West Village. It was this new feeling of freedom, coupled with a talent that had been refreshed by his time at Juilliard, that led to what he thinks of as his first album ("Free", Decca), never mind that he has a ridiculously lengthy catalogue for someone his age.

"This is the first one where I'm in charge," he says. "The producing, the arranging, the composing, it's totally my project. The record company trusted my instincts, gave me the freedom to experiment and I came up with all this stuff." And so the virtuoso maverick arrives. With his natural talent, the input of the finest music teachers in the world and a spirit unusual in the sometimes fusty world of classical music, David has emerged as fully-formed, fully-rounded – not to mention highly attractive - artist. He has already played for Popes and princes and presidents (the German President saw David when he was just 11 and was so impressed he actually set about securing him a priceless 1718 Stradivarius: "I used to leave violins on buses and in hotel rooms when I was younger, but not this one") but a whole new audience awaits.

Record Label:

DECCA and DEAG Music

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