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David Garrett
Sunday, March 28 at 7:00pm
Wellmont Theatre Montclair, NJ

“David Garrett is already the stuff of legend — in him is enshrined an entire
corpus of virtuoso violin art, expounded with a fearsome beauty
beyond comprehension.” — BBC Music Magazine

David Garrett’s debut tour in the United States was nothing short of spectacular and NJN was able to give you a chance to see this dynamic violin virtuoso perform live. But if you missed him the first time, or just want to see him again you’ll be glad to know he’s coming back to New Jersey. NJN has again reserved some of the best seats in the house for you to experience one of the most popular entertainers in Europe and Japan as he performs selections ranging from Bach to Metallica, Vivaldi to AC/DC, European folk songs to Broadway melodies — redefining music from classical to rock to pop. Known in Britain as “the David Beckham of the violin,” David Garrett is still touching hearts and astounding audiences wherever he performs.

For further information call 1-800-882-6622 or email answers@njn.org.

You’ve trusted NJN to provide quality programming for you and your family over the years. We hope that you'll see this event as an extra special way to express your support for NJN and also share a wonderful experience with fellow NJN members.

Proceeds benefit NJN Public Television & Radio programming and community outreach.

David Garrett

More about David Garrett

Dubbed “the fastest violinist in the world” by German paper Kolner Stadt-Anzeigere, Garrett will be in the 2010 Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest-ever performer of the “Flight of the Bumblebee,” clocking in at a blistering 66 seconds.

Born in Germany to an American ballerina mother and a German lawyer father, David Garrett was a true child prodigy. By the time he was eight years old, he was being booked to play as a soloist with some of the world’s greatest orchestras; he was signed to the classical music label Deutsche Grammophon at age 13. As a teenager, he ached to escape the confines of classical music and the grueling career he felt he could no longer sustain. Without telling his parents, he fled to New York to sample life as a “normal” adolescent, putting aside classical violin in favor of rock music. Eventually, his passion for the violin returned and he auditioned for the Juilliard music school. He was accepted and, to his surprise, taken on by legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman.

Lauded conductor and Kennedy Center Honoree Zubin Mehta put it best when he said, “David Garrett is surely going to have a resounding presence in the music world of the 21st century.”

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