Daniel Gaede was concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra from 1994 to 2001. As a soloist he has performed with leading orchestras such as the Vienna Philharmonic, the Philharmonia Orchestra London, the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, the Korean National Orchestra, the Polish Chamber Orchestra, the Berlin Baroque Soloists and the London Sinfonia Orchestra with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Richard Hickox, Bernhard Klee, Ricardo Muti and Michael Tilson Thomas.
He has performed extensively as a chamber musician with P. Tortelier, M. J. Pires and Natalia Gutman, among others.
Daniel Gaede has recorded CDs for Deutsche Grammophon, Sony, Hänssler Classic, CPO, Oktavia Records, Largo Records, Querstand and the ‘Tacet’ label, for which he has received various awards (including the ‘Diapason d’Or’).
Some of his students have won first prizes at international competitions and are now successful as freelance soloists or with their chamber music ensembles.
Several of his students have become concertmasters or guest concertmasters with leading orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, the Basel Symphony Orchestra, Concerto Köln, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Camerata Bern and others.
In the meantime, former students are themselves active in teaching with professorships at the ‘Universität Mozarteum Salzburg’, the ‘HM Franz Liszt’ in Weimar, the ‘Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe’ or with various teaching assignments at several German, Austrian, Korean and Japanese music academies.
