Daniel Kobialka
Daniel Kobialka, a widely sought international performer, lecturer and composer has sought to challenge the music industry’s perceptions that the violin is not a marketable instrument. His passion to create music that surrounds and envelops, and instantly and accurately elicits an enlivening response in the listener becomes apparent almost instantly. The development of the Zeta Polyphonic violin was crucial to the sound of this “special music.”
Daniel founded his own record label in 1981 to freely pursue his own interpretations of the classics, as well as his profound interest in more avant-garde music. LiSem Enterprises Inc. has sold millions of CDs since its inception.
Daniel’s music has formed the core of a series of studies linking sound with Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for health and healing. He has led didactic and interactive workshops and seminars, traveled the world to bring his violin virtuosity to hospitals from Beijing China to Plainville, Ohio, and recorded music for meditation and guidance with alternative pioneers including Dr. Joan Borysenko and Dr. Bernie Siegel.
Daniel holds a doctorate in Musical Arts from Catholic University in Washington, D.C.
Daniel Kobialka is also a Celebrity Ambassador for Humanity Healing International.
Daniel holds a unique place in the world of music. Clearly a prodigy, an accomplished and creative performer, Daniel’s interest in contemporary music was sparked while he was a boy. His father played violin with the Stradivarius String Quartet, and the household was filled with music, from Beethoven to Bartok and Shoenberg.
Daniel was the founding concertmaster and soloist at the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, where he played alongside John Adams, one of his high school friends who is now regarded as one of the foremost contemporary composers of our time.
Daniel pioneered the development of the Zeta Polyphonic violin, a MIDI symphony instrument that can be played and heard in a very large space.
Daniel is currently composing a trilogy with the famous composer-acoustician Loren Rush, and composer-pianist Jan Mattox, of the “Good Sounds Foundation.” The trilogy is based on the theories of Pythagoras with tempered instruments and tuned pianos within his 5 and 7 systems of tuning.
Daniel has commissioned over 30 works from such composers as Pulitzer Prize winners Charles Wuorinen, William Bolcom, and Wayne Peterson. Daniel has premiered both solo works and concertos for violin, including Ben Weber’s Violin Concerto, dedicated to him, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under Robert Shaw.
Daniel is widely sought after internationally as a performer and lecturer, as well as composer. He has performed at major events in Europe, Taiwan and Japan where his recordings are best sellers. The Japanese government awarded him a Medium Term Grant to study traditional and contemporary music.
