Daniel Kogan (b. 1993) — is a Russian violinist. A representative of the third generation of the Kogan-Gilels musical dynasty, Daniel Kogan graduated from the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Prof. Maya Glezarova. He is a prizewinner of the international competitions named after Karol Lipiński in Toruń, Poland, Abram Yampolsky in Moscow and Jacques Thibaud in Paris.
The violinist has performed at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Academic Capella of St. Petersburg, the halls of the Odessa Philharmonic Society and the National Philharmonic Society of Lithuania, the Salle Cortot and Maison de la Radio in Paris, Flagey in Brussels, the Palazzo Chigi-Saracini in Siena, the Salle Poirel in Nancy, Merkin Hall in New York, the Hitachi Systems Hall in Sendai, and the Estonia Hall in Tallinn. He has taken part in concerts of the Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pavel Kogan, the State Academic Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the New Russia Orchestra, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, the National Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Estonian National Orchestra, the Camerata Klaipėda Orchestra. He has collaborated with renowned conductors Pavel Kogan, Hobart Earle, and Dmitry Yablonsky, performed with pianists Pavel Nersessian, Lucas Debargue, Lukas Geniušas, and Philipp Kopachevsky, violinists Alena Baeva, Boris Belkin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, and others. Daniel Kogan has taken part in the Summit Music Festival in the USA, Music Niagara Festival in Canada, SAYOWE in Thailand, Nancyphonies in France, and the Accademia Chigiana in Italy. The violinist is an artistic director of the Attraction Festival. In 2019, he was a member of the Academy of Soloists of the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.
Daniel Kogan plays a 1737 Pietro Guarneri violin provided by AVS Group.
