Daniel Stabrawa

Daniel Stabrawa (born 23 August 1955 in Kraków) is a Polish violinist and conductor.
Life.
Daniel Stabrawa began playing the violin at the age of seven and studied playing the violin at the Music Academy in Kraków with Zbigniew Szlezer. In 1979 he became concertmaster of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Kraków. In 1983 he joined the first violins of the Berlin Philharmonic. In 1985 he founded the internationally renowned Philharmonia Quartet Berlin together with three colleagues from the Berlin Philharmonic.
In 1986 he became one of the three first concertmasters of the Berlin Philharmonic as the successor of Michel Schwalbé under the conductor Herbert von Karajan. From 1986 to 2000 he taught at the Orchestra Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Since 1994 Daniel Stabrawa acts also as a conductor. He worked together with internationally renowned artists such as Nigel Kennedy and Albrecht Mayer.
Daniel Stabrawa is married with the concert pianist Elżbieta Stabrawa. His daughter Maria Stabrawa is also an international violinist. Together with her and several other string musicians in 2008 he founded the Stabrawa Ensemble Berlin.