Daniel Hope

Celtic Dreams: Daniel Hope’s Hidden Irish History, a new TV documentary, follows violinist Daniel Hope as he gets behind the wheel to explore Ireland, Irish music and his own family roots. It was his great-grandfather, Danny McKenna, who left Ireland for South Africa at the beginning of the 20th century, and the trip’s emotional highlight…

Daniel Hope & Friends in New York

Daniel Hope returns to ARTE TV this December for Daniel Hope & Friends in New York. Usually captured at Hope’s home, this year’s edition of his annual holiday concert is broadcast from New York, where the violinist joins American soprano Ailyn Pérez, French pianist Lise de la Salle, Jamaican-American reggae star Shaggy, Sri Lankan pianist…

Los Angeles 1943 – Escape to Paradise

Los Angeles 1943 – Escape to Paradise “LA Exiles in Paradise 1943” brings to life, through the twin lenses of words and music, an extraordinary creative flowering driven by one of history’s darkest periods. Daniel Hope’s brilliant research, recording and writing, alongside the expert curation and interpretation of Thomas Hampson, the eminent “ambassador of…

Berlin 1938 – ‘Das Schicksalsjahr’

Berlin 1938 – “Das Schicksaljahr” Daniel Hope, Thomas Hampson, Horst Maria Merz and Friends 1938 – described even by the Nazis as “the fateful year” was a moment in time in which the situation of German Jews changed abruptly and irrevocably within a few months. A severe increase in the deprivation of rights, discrimination,…

A Romantic Night – Hollywood

Baritone Thomas Hampson and violinist Daniel Hope unite to bring you an evening of unparalleled American romantic music, inspired by such greats as Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Kurt Weill. New arrangements by Paul Bateman enable stunning chamber versions of some of the most beloved melodies of all time, including “Begin The Beguine”,…

Hope@Home

Amidst the early COVID-19 lockdowns in March 2020, Daniel Hope launched “Hope at Home,” a daily livestream on ARTE TV, in which Hope transformed his living room into a television set to bring quality classical performances to encourage viewers to stay home. The series was followed by “Hope@Home on Tour”, in which Hope traveled to…

Hope Music Academy

What is the Hope Academy? In 2018, Daniel Hope and the Schloss Neuhardenberg Foundation jointly established the Hope Academy, a new form of masterclass held once a year at Neuhardenberg Castle. It is led by Daniel Hope in cooperation with renowned international guest tutors and pedagogues such as Philip Dukes, Jacques Ammon, Daniel Geiss and…

Terezín — Refuge in Music

A film with Daniel Hope and Anne Sofie von Otter Daniel Hope has devoted over 15 years to the intensive study and preservation of music by composers who were murdered by the Nazis. Many of them were imprisoned in the Terezín (Theresienstadt) concentration camp. Following a prize-winning Deutsche Grammophon album with Anne Sofie von Otter…

Tu Was! (Do Something)

On November 10, 2013, Daniel Hope performed at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate for an audience of 12,000 in a ceremony honoring the victims of “Kristallnacht.” Also known as the Night of Broken Glass, the massacre of November 9–10, 1938, alerted the world to the barbarism of the Nazis. The ceremony, which marked the 75th anniversary of…

A Distant Drum — The Story of Nat Nakasa

For the 2014 Carnegie Hall commission A Distant Drum, violinist Daniel Hope curated a unique production of music-theatre, joining forces with his father, Christopher Hope, one of South African’s most eminent novelists. A portrait in words with music by German Jazz musician Ralf Schmid, A Distant Drum tells the story of Nat Nakasa. A brilliant, irreverent…

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Hope Extends Contract with NCCO

Daniel Hope will become New Century Chamber Orchestra’s longest serving Music Director after he and the organization recently agreed to a three-year contract extension. Hope began his tenure as Music Director and Concertmaster during New Century’s 2018/19 season and has crafted a uniquely-suited vision for the conductorless orchestra that brings together beloved classics, bold, new...