David Garrett Model & Violinist Smashes $1M Guadagnini
David Garrett is a classical violinist and former model. Garrett was born in Aachen, Germany. He played with the London Philharmonic as a child, and studied at Juilliard. He has been described as ‘the David Beckham of the classical scene’.
In December of 2007, Garrett fell after a performance at Barbican Hall in London, and smashed his 1772 Guidagnini violin, which he had purchased four years earlier for $1 million. “I had it over my shoulder in its case and I fell down a concrete flight of stairs backward,” Garrett said Thursday. “When I opened the case, much of my G.B. Guadagnini had been crushed.”
“I hope and pray that it can be fixed, but if it can’t, I hope my insurance policy will let me buy another great violin,” the 26-year-old musician said. He hopes to get it repaired in New York. The incident occurred more than six weeks ago but he waited until now to report it to British reporters. He was loaned a Stradivarius to play at a Valentine’s Day concert yesterday.
Garrett was a child prodigy. At age 10, he played as a soloist with the London Philharmonic. He supplemented his Juilliard education as a part time model.
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Well, it’s obvious. David Garrett is trying to copy Nigel Kennedy. The record companies are worried about Nigel because he has got his own mind, and probably doesn’t always automatically do what they would like him to do. Nigel, who is a brilliant musician, is also interested in other styles of music besides classical music, and invests time and energy in non profit-generating activities, for example his Polish jazz band.
But it is the classical music that brings in the big bucks, and the ‘greed heads’ have been getting worried.
The industry people have clearly been hunting for a replacement ‘golden goose’ to sell to those fans who up until now have bought Nigel’s tickets and records. The first non-classical ‘influence’ David mentions on his own website is, surprise, surprise, gasp, shock: JIMI HENDRIX!!! Wow what a coincidence – the very same rock guitarist and singer that Nigel is legendary for interpreting on the violin.
And so here he is, David Garratt. Let’s hope Nigel’s fans and followers are too smart to be taken in by this pathetic and transparent attempt to manipulate them and palm them off with a pale copy of the real genius, Nigel Kennedy. To David I would say; ‘Forget it, mate. You’re just not good enough’. One could almost feel sorry for the poor record companies, forced to acknowledge the unalterable truth that true geniuses are very seldom, obedient, easily manipulated puppets, whose main priorities are to generate cash for themselves and their management, eg., Vincent Van Gogh, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Janis Joplin, etc.
The fact is that David Garrett is a clever marketing hype by the record company. It’s like ‘Pop Idol’ for classical music. The broken violin story was probably all very carefully organised by his publicity team. Let’s face it, it worked – headlines all over the place, and everyone saying ‘Who is this person who I’ve never heard of who’s broken his violin?’
He’s been carefully selected not because of whatever talent he may have, but because of his young age and his Beckham type looks, hence the deliberate marketing of the phrase ‘The Beckham of classical Music’.
The record industry think they have found their ideal new money-spinning puppet in David Garrett.