David Garrett is a record breaking German/American classical violinist and recording artist. Garrett was born in Aachen, Germany to an American prima ballerina and a German lawyer and jurist, Georg Peter Bongartz. He adopted his mother's maiden name as a pseudonym, as "it was more pronounceable". When Garrett was four years old, his father bought a violin for his older brother. The young Garrett took an interest and soon learned to play. A year later, he took part in a competition and won first prize. By the age of seven, he was playing once a week in public, and studied violin at the... Lübeck Conservatoire. At the age of 12, Garrett began working with the distinguished Polish violinist Ida Haendel, often traveling to London and other European cities to meet her. After leaving home at 17, he enrolled in the Royal College of Music in London, leaving after the first semester. On being asked in an interview if he was expelled, Garrett responded: "Well expelled wasn’t the official term… It was mutually agreed that me and the RCM were going separate ways after the first semester.
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| Birthdate: | September 4, 1981 |
| Birthplace: | Aachen |
| Age: | 30 |
| Education: | Juilliard School |
| Also known as: | David Bongartz, David Garrett, david_garrett |