Daniel Weltlinger

Born in Sydney, Australia in 1977, and of French-Hungarian Jewish family background, the critically acclaimed Berlin-based violinist and composer-producer Daniel Weltlinger has long been renowned for his distinctive warm sound and innovative expressive improvisations within the genres of Gypsy-swing, jazz, Balkan-Yiddish-klezmer and experimental/free-improvised music. He frequently collaborates with a wide range of renowned artists and ensembles including German-Sinti guitarist and composer Lulo Reinhardt, Berlin based German/Yiddish Chanson singer Karsten Troyke and singer-actress Sharon Brauner, Polish-Australian singer Nadya Golski, the Australian multi-ARIA Award-winning Gyp-rock band Monsieur Camembert and the Berlin-based Moka Efti Orchestra (performing music from the television series ‘Babylon Berlin’, which he featured on), amongst many others. He has produced 5 albums under his name, including the album ‘Koblenz’ which was in Downbeat Magazine’s ‘Best Albums of 2015’ as well as the album ‘Szolnok’ which was nominated for the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik in 2019, which recounts the extraordinary real life story of his grandfather’s violin from Szolnok, Hungary.