Daniela Dakaj is a French-born violinist who grew up in Vienna and the Auvergne and came to Germany at the age of eleven. She began playing the violin at the age of five and studied orchestral music and music education at the music academies of Dresden and Saarbrücken. After a first engagement at the Saarländisches Staatstheater she became section leader in the Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck and also appeared as a guest at the Staatsoper Hamburg and the Staatsoper Hannover. She has accompanied Michael Bublé, Sarah Connor and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, among others. In 2009 she joined the Orchester Pepe Lienhard for the tour “Einfach ich” and played in all the following tours of Udo Jürgens up to his last concert on 7 December 2014 in Zurich; with the orchestra she also takes part in the project “Da Capo Udo Jürgens”.
Daniela Dakaj
Violin
