Huw Daniel, Violin
Huw Daniel was a pupil at Ysgol Gymraeg Castell-nedd and Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera, South Wales, and continued his education as an organ scholar at Robinson College, Cambridge, graduating with a first-class honours degree in Music in 2001. He then studied at the Royal Academy of Music for two years, learning the baroque violin with Simon Standage and the modern violin with Hu Kun. In 2004, Huw was a member of EUBO, the members of which formed Harmony of Nations and continue to play together under this name; they released their first CD in 2007, and another CD is planned in 2010.
He is a member of the English Concert, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, and Harmony of Nations, and also plays with the Sixteen, London Handel Orchestra, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Retrospect Ensemble, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and Florilegium.
As leader he works regularly with the Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO), Harmony of Nations, and English Touring Opera's baroque orchestra, and as guest-leader with St James's Baroque, Collegium Musicum Telemann, Osaka, Japan, and Haydn Sinfonietta Wien. Huw plays with many chamber groups including Florilegium, the Musical and Amicable Society, and Le Chardon.
