Violinist Daniel Sender has gained an international reputation as a performer, educator, and scholar. Recent concert tours in Europe have been met with high praise and Dr. Sender is increasingly in demand in both the classroom and the concert stage. A frequent guest soloist and principal artist with chamber and symphony orchestras throughout the region, Dr. Sender currently serves as concertmaster of the Charlottesville Symphony and Charlottesville Opera. Since 2017 he has also been a festival artist with the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra.
Dr. Sender was twice selected as a Fulbright Scholar, most recently in fall 2021, during which time he taught violin and chamber music in Hungary at the Liszt Academy and the University of Pécs. With written and composed works, including the article “Bartók’s Rhapsodies: A Violinist’s Guide to Building an Authentic Interpretation” (American String Teacher), Dr. Sender strives to bridge the gap between scholarship and performance relating to the music of central Europe. Recent compositions include Roma Folk Dances: Village Tunes of the Hungarian Roma (2019), Scenes from Csenyéte (2020), and Three Souvenirs (2021).
Recent concert highlights include a live recording for Bartók Radio, recitals in France, Austria, and Hungary, and a three-concert series with the Garth Newel Piano Quartet. Solo and chamber concerts have taken him to venues around the world including the Kennedy Center, Kursaal (Besançon, France), Solti Hall at the Liszt Academy (Budapest), National School of the Arts “Panayot Pipkov” (Bulgaria), Institute of Music at the University of Pécs, Hungarian Embassy, Bartók Hall of the Erdödy Palace (Budapest), Smithsonian Museum of American History, Universität der Künste (Berlin), and the Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal).
A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Sender attended Ithaca College, the University of Maryland, the Liszt Academy, and the Institute for European Studies (Vienna). His primary teachers include Vilmos Szabadi, Arnold Steinhardt, David Salness, René Staar, Gerald Fischbach, and Louis Lanza. He is on the performance faculty of the University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music and also holds a faculty position at Interlochen’s Adult Chamber Music Camp.