About
Known for his musical sensitivity and inspired performances, violinist Daniel Dastoor has emerged as one of Canada’s leading young artists. A native of Montreal, Daniel is a winner of the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award, and won first and second prize at the Prix Ravel of the Écoles d’Art Américaines de Fontainebleau. As part of the Rilian Trio, he won first prize, audience prize, and the commissioned work prize at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition, and first prize at the Ilmari Hannikainen International Piano Chamber Competition. He has performed as soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic, Lethbridge Symphony, Richmond Symphony, and Jyväskylä Sinfonia, and was chosen as a 2023-2024 Performance Today Young Artist in Residence. Recent and upcoming appearances include the Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Boston Chamber Music Society, in Shanghai at the Soundbox Fellowship Program as a faculty member, and in London at Wigmore Hall. With the Rilian Trio, Daniel is an Associate Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.
Daniel studied with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory, completing a Graduate Diploma. Previously, he completed an Artist Diploma in Chamber Music at the San Francisco Conservatory, studying with Ian Swensen, and an Artist Diploma at the Glenn Gould School where he studied with Paul Kantor and Barry Shiffman as a Temerty Fellow. He also holds degrees in music from the Mount Royal Conservatory and the University of Calgary, and degrees in Computer Science from the University of Calgary and University of Toronto. Daniel performs on the 1700 Taft Stradivari violin, on loan by the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank. He also performs on a 1950 Louis Henri Gillet bow, generously on loan from CANIMEX.
