Pit. For the violinist however theres more than just the next step in his career it also involves revisiting his childhood. A good life. For the. I would go back to the source where the music comes from not just the sounds but the whole story because she has to. 2 ask if theres more to it than just playing beautifully chansons. Existence this is a story full of violence and joy and despair up brooding and travelling. You just every time you try to get away it somehow catches up with you again and you die. Several years ago daniel hope begin investigating the history of the scattered family roots. Among his discoveries was that some of his ancestors are buried at the wesen cemetery in the show a lot more gary up or lynn. So those are kind of bogus my. Beliefs id like a Little Information about a grave site because my great great grandfather is buried here and so i did some research myself. But i saw. Ill introduce you to mr hanna. Treatment straight to hell give you the information you need ok. Hopefully. Great great grandfather is buried here you lose valentino really yes he was my great great grandfather. I was here the other day with my son and unfortunately i found that the grave isnt in as good a condition as it used to be. I see. Professor is currently interested in it oh i see it happens to be one of the most beautiful great in this cemetery and he wants to be buried like a pharaoh. Well just one question. I have to confess and but it is possible to go shopping for a strangers grave as it were. Right well its a socalled hereditary gravesite search it would belong to you but at some point the family renounced its claim to the grave. And then it passes back to us it says the 10 year on this grave site is now coming to an end im going to last of the volunteer family in germany i attach no importance to repurchasing this plot that will be a not insignificant loss. As it has a i had no idea about all of this. Does honesty. Or ready for me is my family play to south africa. Or. The. The valentines were a Christian Family of jewish descent and had a villa in. The village. And prince they were persecuted by the nazis and the villa was later taken over by the foreign office. Its now the german archaeological institute. Its essentially a homecoming after a very eventful century and see. Now that im living here id really like to somehow retrieve this grave for us for our family and also for my son. Its just very important for me to rectify things. Because if he does. We dont know means of doing. Daniel hopes great great grandfather your spot in team had the grave site built for the whole family. But then his children had to flee from the nazis and their places in the cemetery remained empty. You. Know daniels parents were born in south africa he and his brother jasper were also born there. But the family a bunch of he had to leave and in 1905 moved to london where daniel and his brother spent their entire childhood. I didnt want my children growing up in this society. Christopher and i both felt that we couldnt continue there any longer and really would have done anything to get out politically it had become unacceptable when we lived in durban the telephone was very obviously tapped we had to technicians arriving one sunday in the middle of lunch saying oh weve come to fix your 1st. Well it was quite clear that they werent fixing it they were fixing microphones enter it and it was done in a very matter of fact way the mail was always open and we were followed. And it was a very very unpleasant feeling of my writing was being banned. And it was very difficult to continue working but more than that the situation to me was it was impossible. And so i thought it was rather like needing air more air somehow. And so with considerable reluctance we decided i decided to stop to go and of course that was not easy because what they used to do in south africa was you would ask for a passport and they would say no so you would ask again and they would say no however they would say if you wish to go we can give you called an exit permit the only trouble is that you may not return. The hopes faced an uncertain future. First a friend in paris put them up but the language barrier proved to be a problem so they moved on to britain. Then through christopher hopes grandfather they were able to apply for irish citizenship. The money into a few minutes must have been quite a change for my parents much more than for me because i was very young so its after south africa they eventually ended up in paris then somewhere in the country here in england and i had basically given up hope of finding anything reasonable to fit in the bus for the few gets sent suddenly you end up in this Little Paradise where everything is green where people are friendly of course it was like a dream come true all. Right thanks a lot of shit. Like that. After they settled in the leafy london suburb of highgate soon took an unexpected turn for the better. I do you know yes yes this is my house if i used to live there was a school do you. Think youd be welcome to come again so i do. Or you would so my kids because thats where i was daniels mother happened to become the secretary and then manager of yehuda menu and the most famous violinist of his time titles so. Is this still the apple tree in the garden. Its not this is. This is exactly exactly as it was changed i do remember the covens. And this is this was was not yeah this is this is new. Well there. You can. It was easy to menuhin the violinist from a live feed the judge sure my mother was a secretary. And menu in arranged with reverend fielding for us around the house how incredible so we come from south africa were completely penniless yes and this was the 1st 4th of call reading. And it was not that was the room where my father would sit and type yes his 1st book. Was born in that room wow do you mind if i go just of the old room im going to see that. That and i did you. Tell. Me if you dont feel. As if. This was my room you know. I did when i was practicing i would go upstairs. And you know. Once you get this its hes just changed it so. Yeah. So this is why you were the 1st prefaced component thats right incredible as was the practicing real. Friends had arranged a Job Interview with you the menu and for daniels mother eleanor. The interview dusted 5 minutes. Because he and his wife were preparing to go on tour to the United States they were busy and he came rushing in in his shorts and was busy practicing and he said oh its nice to meet you and yes of everything on this piece of paper. What a lot of interesting things youve done. What about music at did you know the difference between beethoven. And i said oh yes he said fun well when can you start. And that was it. Our lives were changed forever. Eleanor had only one condition for taking the job with menu and as daniel was still too young to stay at home alone she insisted that he be allowed to accompany her to work. Menu and agree on the menu once bill and heidi became the young daniel hopes 2nd home and. The. Menu once home was frequented by countless stars of the Classical Music or so for young daniel seeing them was just a part of everyday life and it also marked the beginning of discuss a nation that compiled. The each. Was. Was was. Daniel is an adorable little boy with lots of red curls and he came with his mother his father and his older brother and then he grew up quite quickly. Say you can see him from so much as someone. Whos always around and obviously thats going to be something to do with music because he was like a sponge anything my father told him when he was and they were really close together they were. In a way. I cant say this really but he was absolutely the little boy that fit into the sound of you who if you see what i mean whereas we were all different we had different aspirations that he had all the aspirations of reminded you hoody of his childhood on me and that. Danny when he was about 3 and a half or he said to me that he wanted to play the violin and i thought. Maybe maybe its possible and hed seen many many. Many of his hostility like some Young Children want to be entered drivers or ballet dancers he saw many violinists. Command and others would come to the menu and how so hed seen these people but i didnt take his rip his suggestion very seriously but i thought ok we see if we can find a very small violin. I see if i can find a teacher who takes very small children and will see. And theres me. Thats me of the. Yes. Daniel hope initially took lessons with a local violin teacher then he caught the attention of many when himself who offered him a place at his renowned Music Academy but daniel wasnt the easiest of pupils of school by the head of music to the school said i must come and so my husband and i went down. Really very concerned because they wouldnt tell us what the problem was and i wondered if dan had committed some awful crime so thats how it felt. And daniel was called into the office of the music director and he said to us well he was very sorry to report that daniel had done something that was strictly forbidden and i held a chair and he said he was court practicing the mendelssohn concerto. Yes. Is that a crime was something wrong with that and hes no bitch hes far too young to be playing the mendelssohn and i said whoa what is he supposed to be playing it was supposed to play the bass a minor and i said well hes been playing that for 2 years hasnt it its the time to move on no he said its certainly not and whats more he was caught practicing secretly in the bathroom am and damaged. And. I. Was. The hope family would later spend their summers and pushed out in switzerland where daniels mother eleanor organized many wins on music festival. Daniel himself had been performing there since 1992. The concerts in the church and neighboring sauna have always been among the highlights of the festival. Even as a boy daniel hardly missed an appearance by his great role model who do manual. On and which i had to my mother often used to take me along to the rehearsals to know i saw the 1st notes i really ever heard were in this church for played by men un and often with his or Chamber Orchestra. It was a kind of orchestra in residence here. When they were here every summer and the rehearsals with him in the orchestra were magical the 1st time i heard vivaldis 4 seasons the 1st time i heard mozart or beethoven it was like paradise for me right from the start and every time i come back here its like coming home. As a when the house. Is that. If you take a ride. In the shot as in london the hope family lived right next door to the menu in residence eleanor was focused on the festival while father christopher worked on his writing the children of the 2 families would play together in the surrounding meadows. Often then you left the school there were long periods when i think menuhin felt he was not going to be. And that was very interesting and the more the menu unsought this boy is not going to make it the more daniel thought this boy is going to make it so there was an interesting dynamic. And then when daniel was no longer expecting it menu and asked him to play a recital. Of all places. Politically suddenly everything changed. Menu and didnt just say fantastic you made it but instead you have a lot of work ahead of you but you have got something and that was enough for me on. A new phase began as daniel devoted himself more seriously to his playing he also took lessons from. Arguably the most famous violin teacher in the world and a champion of the Russian School of music instruction. And. He says it. When he. Won an artist comes on stage with his instrument. And plays in front of an audience. In the. Judith what is the real stage. Its like hes naked knocked in the foot all 3 even if he plays brilliantly you can still tell from his tone whether he has a rich life or not i he means to. Meeting the pianist minahan pressler would likewise prove to have a Lasting Impact on daniel hope in 2002 pressler offered the young violinist a place in his world renowned Chamber Music ensemble the trio. Infests guns guns he was really very very special yes. And i was happy how we played. This oh he could absorb everything like a sponge. The wonderful enthusiasm he had for everything that hamish subhuti flea everything developed at him. And how wonderful it was that his kind of talent gave me new ideas. And because of this great talent i felt he was a partner right from the start. And. 6 it was that special sensitive it gave the trio fresh impetus and when they finally parted company in 2008 the violinist took a courageous step. He wanted to realize his own projects and tell his own stories so once more he intuitively followed his mentor you already manual and became a soloist. Daniel hope has been living in berlin with his wife and son since 2016 youre going to have yes a low mass speak to mr hood please thank you. Mr junta daniel hope hello yes thank you very much. Do you see any chance that we could get the tune back good sense from what about the gentleman from egypt else you can gauge. Yes. You know we had talked about in 94 i had suggested that we could maybe do a concert or commemorative event for you leos valentini. Wants to bring his Family History full circle and renew the contract on his ancestors gravesite here in berlin. Has the gentleman was supposed to pay a fee and hasnt done so. And now that i have appeared. Touched. Stick that hes told me he will cancel the gentlemens application and would be incredibly happy if i would take over the partnership or sponsorship so to speak of the gravesite again. For 6 relatives and only 2 are occupied. And his wife. On the moment spent like this with a family can be rare in addition to being a celebrated soloist daniel hope is also an author and presenter as well as director of music concert and artistic director of the new Century Chamber orchestra in San Francisco he has many commitments and spends most of his year on the road its. Basically if you want to have this life then you have to do everything for it. You have to have such clear cut goals that you always stick to them. With you who do there was a should too. The surge would run 2 maybe 3 years hit. Every morning every afternoon every evening it was in the shitter hour by hour. And if you hoody saw a gap. For next the following year in july at 3 oclock there was nothing happening he would say to my wife there is an empty space here fill it book it do something and. I see something of a similarity with daniel. Increasingly. And i think it probably goes together with the kind of performing career that a soloist has but it is crazy theres no christian. You hoody menu and died unexpectedly on march 12th 1909. Shortly before him daniel hope played what would be his last concert with his mentor and fatherly friend. And. He came on stage with me for the applause how do then he indicated that i should play the encore and turned begin but instead of going he said down with the orchestra on the stage you know. And of course the audience noticed that because if you had menu and sits down you have to make room for him and of course you know something is going on. So he was sitting right there in front of me and i thought now i have a chance to play for him so i thought id play this codfish that hes because we talked about it and i tried it before. So i played it for him on how he just causing fear. Or and when id finished he jumped up hugged me and we walked off the stage together as for you. He said that was great. But you should perhaps have a different fingering here and remember this both stroke. It was and that was how he always worked on Getting Better and. Well again from that we left the stage and it was a very very warm and beautiful atmosphere sure enough it was for you know. Nothing after the concert we had dinner and then said goodbye and he flew to london because his wife was not very well. On his all we were supposed to meet in berlin but that was the last time i saw him or. Others as well as the museum now aunt died there 3 days later. Or do nothing i know today in retrospect of course the card issue wasnt meant as a prayer for him to be enough of course it wasnt but as a connection to have a thank you. Dozens of us but looking back on the fact that it was the last piece i ever played for him was of course a very very moving it to me says of a. 10 since then since 1909 he says that this work has very often accompanied me in different situations with people who are close to me the union ostend order of anything or when i feel like i want to try to make a point moves to physician and so he says thats. Daniel hope did eventually manage to buy back his ancestors grave site. Many of his friends and relatives have gathered at the reason cemetery in berlin to attend a handover ceremony. Daniel plays Maurice Ravel spurgeon of the cottage a traditional jewish prayer of mourning in memory of his great great grandparents eunice about an 100 and his wife ana. Daniel hope plays 120 concerts a year all over the world hes currently on a major tour of asia with the zurich Chamber Orchestra on this night he has a concert and saw. His life as a soloist is intense full of contrasts and encounters but its also the only. Hope is constantly driven by the desire to translate the themes that are close to his heart into music. Hes a musician who sets out to explore himself and his environment through his playing a restless seeker full of unbridled curiosity. Sometimes theres also the danger of enjoying what you do so much that you just say great were making music and its beautiful. But if you see what impact music can have in the field of Music Therapy for example mentioned or how it can reach people how it can at least encourage people to communicate. Then theres this booklet then its a very important that as a vision that he gives thats you all you see that there is much more to it than just playing beautifully war should be. 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