About
Chinese-Australian violinist Daniel Shao is studying Master’s at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg under Prof. Esther Hoppe. He holds a Bachelor of Music (Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he studied with A/Prof. Ole Bohn and was awarded the Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance (2023). Before this, he attended the Conservatorium High School.
Daniel is passionate about chamber music and has performed extensively in Australia and internationally. As a member of the Elan Quartet, he has twice received the Henderson Travellers Quartet Scholarship, facilitating tours to Europe in 2023 and 2024. The Quartet has performed at the Oslo City Museum in Norway and received invaluable mentoring from Gregor Siegl (Artemis Quartet), Oliver Wille (Kuss Quartet) and the Quiroga Quartet at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland. Daniel has also attended the Australian Festival of Chamber Music and the Festival de Música de Santa Catarina in Brazil.
As a soloist, Daniel has received guidance from internationally respected violinists, including Leon Spierer and Rainer Sonne, both former concertmasters of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2020, he has been a member of the Australian Youth Orchestra, taking on numerous concertmaster and principal roles. Daniel was awarded the Richard Pollett Memorial Award (2023) for displaying outstanding personal and musical qualities. Outside of music, Daniel enjoys cooking, photography and hiking.
Australian Youth Orchestra
