Daniel hope preparing to go on stage for the opening concert of the new season. Hes the 1st soloist to serve as music director of the Zurich Chamber orchestra. For the violinist however it is more than just the next step in his career it also involves revisiting his childhood. Was the i. Well i would go back to the source where the music comes from not just the sounds but the whole story goes that she should. Just be theres more to it than just playing beautifully chansons. Is if you choose to use this is a story full of violence and joy and despair up brooding and travelling. Into ice and. You just every time you try to get away it somehow catches up with you again and you know i am. Several years ago daniel hope began investigating the history of a scattered family roots. Among his discoveries was that some of his ancestors are buried at the wesen cemetery in the show a lot more going up or lynn. So those are a lot of folks want. To use it again id like a Little Information about a grave site because my great great grandfather is buried here and so they were and i did some research myself. But i saw. All introduce you to mr hanna us. Hell give you the information you need ok. That is hope for the. 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 im no expert i have to confess and but its possible to go shopping for a strangers grave as it were. Right while its a socalled hereditary gravesite such 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 on the last of the valentine 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 understood. By the for many years my family fled to south africa. So the. The valentines were Christian Family of jewish descent and had a villa in. With them. 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. As if he does. In the old ones are going. Daniel hopes great great grandfather your last valentino had the gravesite built for the whole family. But then his children had to flee from the nazis and their places in the cemetery remained empty. Daniels parents were born in south africa he and his brother jasper were also born there. But the family eventually had to leave and in 1905 moved to london where daniel and his brother spent their entire childhood. And. I didnt want my children growing up in this budget society. Christopher and i both felt that we couldnt continue there any longer and what really would have done anything to get out politically is have 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 further. Well it was quite clear that they went fixing it they were fixing microphones into 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 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 him 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 but the only trouble is that you may not return. The hopes faced an uncertain future. First a friend in paris put them up with a language barrier proved to be a problem so they moved on to britain. Then through christa perhaps grandfather they were able to apply for irish citizenship. So money into a few minutes must have been quite a change for my parents much more than for me because i was very young as well so its after south africa they eventually ended up in paris then somewhere in the country here in england and have basically given up hope of finding anything reasonable to feed them both for them 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. Thanks a lot for 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 if it gets this is my house and i used to live there was every schoolchild do you. Think oh youd be welcome to come back inside to relieve. The problem or you would so like that yes its ok because thats what daniels mother happened to become the secretary and then manager of yehuda menu in the most famous violinist of his time titles. Through it is this still the apple tree in the garden. So. Its not its just. This is exactly exactly as it was changed ledger one of the. Features and this is this was was not yeah this is this is new. So. You can. It was easy menu in the violinists room they lived the jets yeah my mother was a secretary. Thing and menu in arranged with ribbon fielding for us around the house how incredible so we come from south africa were completely penniless yes and this was the 1st port of call. And it was not that was the room where my father would sit and type yes his 1st book. Was born in that room. Do you mind if i go just of the old room going to see the. Things. You want to hear. This was my room yeah. I did what i was practicing i would go upstairs. And you know. Once you get this it seems strange that its. Yeah. So this is what you would at 1st practice component thats right and correct as was the practicing real. Friends had arranged a Job Interview with the menu and for daniels mother eleanor. The interview had not stood 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 nice to meet you and yes im everything on this piece of paper. What a lot of interesting things youve done. What about music do you know the difference between beethoven. And i said well yes he said fine well when can you start. And that was it. 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. The. Many wins 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 the violence. 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 quickly keep. The site and see him from so much as some might say he was always around. Obviously was 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 own childhood think any of that. And 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 fiddlers many of his house free like some Young Children want to be entered drivers or ballet dances he so many violinists. Cmon and others would come to the menu and house 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. Ill see if i can find a teacher who takes very small children and will see 2. And theres me. Thats me on the. Yes. Down your hope initially took lessons with a local violin teacher then he caught the attention of many when himself who offered him a place that is 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 indiana had committed some awful crime sets how it felt. And daniels 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 on to a chair and he said he was court practicing the mendelssohn concetta. This. Says that a crime was something wrong with that and this. Is far too young to be playing the mental so and doesnt 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 is now time to move on no he said its certainly not and whats more he was caught practicing secretly in the bathroom i am paris. And. I. Hope family would later spend their summers in cashed out in switzerland where daniels mother eleanor organized many wins on music festival. Daniel him self have been performing there since 1902. 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 you had emanuel. Among them 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 laid by manual and often with his direct chamber orchestra. And 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 of all these 4 seasons the 1st time i heard Mozart Beethoven it was like paradise for me right from the start and every time i come back here its like coming home. As im going to house. 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 menu and felt he was not going to be a soloist. And that was very interesting and the more the menu unsought this boy is not going to make it the more daniel thought this story 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 in all places. Plus the 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 of a day and that was enough for me when does offer me. A new face 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. That dot dot dot. And. He says it. When he. Won an artist comes on stage with his instrument. And plays in front of an audience. And of. The 2 to one 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 the one. 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 boys are trio. If i scans guns he was really very very special yes. And i was happy how we played the end of this oh he could absorb everything like a sponge. The wonderful enthusiasm he had for everything have a should is a beautifully everything developed in 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. It was that special sensitivity gave the trio a 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. Yes a low mass speak to mr hood please thank you. Mr hoon a daniel hope hello yes thank you very much. Do you see any chance that we could get the tune back good it seems from what about the gentleman from egypt else you can get. Yes. You know we had talked about in one or i had suggested that we could maybe do a concert or commemorative event for you. 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 him so enthusiastic 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. 6 relatives and only 2 are occupied. And his wife. On the moment spent like this with the 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 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. Basically if you want to have this life then you have to do everything for it to do most you have to have such clear cut goals that you always stick to them and lives. Of the form. With you hoody there was a ship to the surgery would run 2 maybe 3 years hit. Every morning every afternoon every evening was in the shitter hour by hour. And if you would be so 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 father lee fred. He came on stage with me for the applause how do then he indicated that i should play the encore in turn will begin but instead of going down with the orchestra on the stage you know. And of course the audience noticed that because if you had a 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 because we talked about it and i tried it before. And so i played it for him on have you. On. 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 and that was how he always worked on Getting Better and. And again from that we left the stage and it was a very very warm beautiful atmosphere valma sure enough. Or. Not is after the concert we had dinner and then said goodbye and he flew to london because his wife was not very well. On his own we were supposed to meet in berlin but that was the last time i saw him or. Does follow us thats one of the museum now aunt as he died there 3 days later. Will do nothing 9 in retrospect of course i did the card issue wasnt meant as a prayer for him to be fit enough of course it wasnt but as a connection to him i thank you. Dozens of looking back in line the fact that it was the last piece i ever played for him was of course a very very moving until he says of the. 10 since then since 1909 this work has very often accompany me in different situations with people who are close to me you know obstinant order of anything or when i feel like i want to try to make a point makes a 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 Valentin 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 lonely. Hopeless constantly driven by the desire to translate the themes that are close to his heart into music 6. 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 woman disease. 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. Done this does work listen its a very important that as a vision has to give starts you or you see that there is much more to it than just playing beautifullest war should be you. 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