He began classical violin training at the age of just two years old and by age 13 had already performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. His expertise in improv across multiple genres has led him to a career as a soloist in demand, performing at venues from Madison Square Garden to Carnegie Hall to the Lincoln Center, the Jacob Javits Center and across four continents. He has been featured on PBS and has been booked to perform at special events for Google, Nickelodeon, National Geographic, and Citigroup, among others. He has an amazing story of overcoming having lost the strength to play his violin for a number of years to now performing as a DJ violinist. He has a combined total of more than 4.5 MILLION video views on his official YouTube channel and he has released five singles this year alone. One of his songs alone has approximately 400 THOUSAND streams on Spotify.
“The backstory there is, having lost the ability to actually play the instrument, and then regaining it gave me a newfound appreciation for the sheer joy that I get out of being a professional musician.”
“There are lots of trending popular songs at any given moment… So you gotta factor that in, yes, from a business strategy standpoint… But it’s gotta be something you’re passionate about.”
“A lot of things in life are pretty unpredictable and I actually have produced music specifically reflecting that feeling, the highs and lows and the unpredictability of life and just sort of riding the waves.”
“I was diagnosed with an inflammatory condition, which progressed maybe another five years to me being in a wheelchair, which was a state of adrenal insufficiency – scariest period of my life.”
“I lost my career and then I regained it once I regained my strength pretty miraculously… That pretty much launched a career of… inspiration that didn’t exist prior.”
“I’ve been vigilant, to say the least, about maintaining my health so that, ya’ know, I’m doing about 200-plus events a year.”
“Ultimately the message behind my music is, this drive to bring people together… I think that my mission is to really… show the world what we all have in common universally and just as humans… Music is the ultimate communicator… It is the language that everybody speaks.”
“There’ve been a whole lot of really memorable performances. I’m going to say generally the big concerts are the most memorable and the PBS special I did twice… that was incredibly memorable… just, playing some of the most iconic venues in the country; Madison Square Garden, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall.”
“Many people have lost their families… things haven’t worked out in the personal sense because they prioritized their career and it’s just sort of a choice you gotta make, but the choice that I’ve made is the work-life balance.”
“I wouldn’t recommend to anybody that just every time you get a call to go out of town, if you are a performer, to just take just ‘cause it pays a little bit of money.”
“I don’t walk into any venue without a pre-signed agreement, with deposit, with any company, with anybody. I mean, I don’t care if it’s the president… Even a good friend, you need just to protect both sides.”
“Neon Dreams”
“Atlantis”