Of French-Hungarian-Israeli family background, Sydney-born/Berlin based 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 the world’s top musicians in a variety of different formats and is highly sought after for his technical and musical mastery on his main instrument.

Daniel has performed and recorded in Australia, Europe, China, the US and Israel with a host of renowned artists and ensembles including German-Gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt, world renowned Yiddish singer Karsten Troyke, Polish Australian chanteur extraordinaire Nadya Golski and her 101 Candles Orkestra, the multiple ARIA award winning ensemble Monsieur Camembert, Argentinian bandoneonist Joaquín Amenábar and Israeli jazz band Swing de Gitanes amongst countless others. His main projects ‘Zohar’s Nigun’ and ‘The Asthmatix’ brilliantly fuse Jewish themes and Kabbalistic-inspired improvisation within the respective contemporary frameworks of jazz and electronica/hip-hop, both groups having released their debut albums in 2012 to rave reviews worldwide.

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 and are currently sponsoring him on a 3 year contract from 2014-2017.

He also co-composes with producer Bruce Maginnis for the international production music library houses Audio Network and Fable, as well as guest lectures in Classical and Contemporary violin studies at the Australian Institute of Music