"Daniel
Bolshoy is a most engaging young guitarist. He's a terrific
player, an engaging performer, with matinee idol good looks.
He also loves to introduce his music from the stage, which
is becoming increasingly important in developing new audiences
for classical music. He's the whole passionate package." Eric
Friesen, CBC Radio, Toronto
DANIEL
BOLSHOY
Daniel Bolshoy is committed to bringing classical guitar
to the attention of audiences everywhere. He is regularly
praised for his friendly and informative spoken introductions,
and progressive programming of solo and chamber music.
Mr. Bolshoy has performed for many prestigious festivals
including the Ottawa and theVancouver International Chamber
Music Festivals, the Halifax Guitar Festival, the Indian
River Music Festival, the Guelph Spring Festival, the Westben
Arts Festival, the Festival des arts Boré-Art (Montreal)
and the International Music Festival in Macao. He has toured
under the auspices of Prairie Debut, Debut Atlantic and
Musique Royale, and has performed for the Début Series
in Montreal, Vancouver and the CBC/NAC Début series
in Ottawa. His U.S. concerts include a tour for Live on
Stage and numerous appearances at music festivals and on
University campuses.
Mr. Bolshoy’s recitals are frequently broadcast on
CBC Radio, and he has also appeared in two documentary films
for the Bravo! series The Classical Now. Mr. Bolshoy regularly
performs solo and chamber music recitals in Canada’s
most prestigious venues, including the Glenn Gould Studio,
the Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts, the National
Art Centre, and Vancouver’s Chan Centre among others.
Among recent orchestral appearances are concertos by Rodrigo,
Ponce, Kernis, and Castelnuovo-Tedesco with orchestras across
North America including: The Mexico City Philharmonic, the
Toronto Philharmonia, the New Mexico Symphony, theVancouver
Philharmonic, the Peterborough Symphony, the Huntsville
festival, the Red Deer Symphony, the Oakville Symphony the
Etobicoke Philharmonic as well as the Manitoba and Ottawa
Chamber Orchestras.
This season’s engagements include a cross-Canada
recital tour for Jeunesses Musicales, concerto appearances
with the Edmonton Symphony, the Kamloops Symphony and the
Symphonie of the Kootenays, as well as an extensive outreach
tour of the Northwest Territories.
Mr. Bolshoy teaches guitar at Concordia University in Montreal
and regularly offersmasterclasses to guitar societies and
educational institutions internationally. He frequently
performs outreach and educational concerts for young people.
Daniel Bolshoy appears on four commercial CD recordings:
Resonance, España featuring Spanish music with mezzo-soprano,
Julie Nesrallah (Boldan Music). McGillicuddy’s Rant
(Centaur classics), as well as soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian’s
Tango Notturno (CBC records). Daniel Bolshoy is a D'Addario
Gold Performing Artist.
