Daniel Brandon
Daniel Brandon is a London-born cellist based in Amsterdam. He studied with Michal Kaznowski (RCM), Leonid Gorokhov (Hochschule für Musik Hannover), and currently with Ella van Poucke (Conservatorium van Amsterdam).
He has appeared as soloist with with the Cambridge, Essex, Sirius, and Bristol Symphony Orchestras and with the Stoneleigh Youth Orchestra, touring Italy, Czechia, and Spain, performing concertos including Dvorak, Elgar and Walton. Upcoming highlights include a Northern Germany recital tour and performing with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta as part of their Academy.
A passionate orchestral musician, Daniel was principal cellist in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and has, over the last four years, been principal cellist in the Hannover-based ‘Ensemble Geräuschkulisse’.
Daniel plays a cello by Aaron Aupperle, made in 2021, which won the 2022 ‘Deutsche Musikinstrumentenpreis’.
