Meet Franklin Quartet’s violist, Daniel Elyar:

Violinist and violist Daniel Elyar is an active performer and recording artist who has specialized in baroque performance practice in Europe and North America for more than twenty-five years. He has performed with ensembles such as Tafelmusik (Toronto), Utrecht Baroque Consort, Concerto d’Amsterdam, Teatro Lirico (Bremen), Concerto Palatino (Leiden), Les Arts Florissants (Paris), Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Washington Bach Consort, Ensemble REBEL (NYC), Tempesta di Mare (Philadelphia), Clarion Orchestra and Choir (NYC), and Trinity Wall Street Baroque Orchestra and Choir (NYC). A GRAMMY winner on the CPO label (2026) and five-time GRAMMY nominee on ATMA, Musica Omnia, and Radio Bremen, Daniel has also recorded for Chandos, Naxos, ELECTRA, and Hungaroton. He is a proud founding member of the Franklin Quartet, and has taught for over fifteen years at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. Daniel holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music, an Artist’s Diploma from the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam and a Master’s degree from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Netherlands.