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). Daniel has recorded for Chandos, Naxos, ELECTRA, and Hungarton, and has five GRAMMY nominations on the ATMA, Musica Omnia, and Radio Bremen labels. 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.