Daniel Tagiev began his violin lessons at the age of six with his father, Emin Tagiev, a reputable violinist and the teacher. Daniel received his first prize – the Young Talent Award – at the tender age of 8, which was presented to him by Alan Smith, associate Concertmaster of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. He made his debut at the age of nine playing his first solos with the Manheim Youth Symphony Orchestra. Two years later Daniel appeared on the stage of the Sydney Opera House where he performed Vivaldi’s Spring with the multi Award Winning Tagiev Youth Chamber Orchestra, winning the gold award, in front of judges from USA, Canada, China, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. This success led to more challenges and more solo performances in Europe, Asia, USA. Daniel’s performing experience is enviable and includes famous stages in St Petersburg, Berlin, Xia Men, New York City, Shanghai, Seville, Tallin, Kassel. Daniel has had several master classes with renowned violinists such as Professor Alice Waten, Professor Berent Korfker, Ilya Konovalov Concertmaster of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and Rudolf Koelman, the first leader of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Daniel studied under Mark Mogilevski at the University of Melbourne. Recently, Daniel was selected and invited to perform at the Prague Summer Nights Music Festival in the Czech Republic. Daniel performed in prestigious venues such as the Rudolfinum and Estates theatre in Prague and was coached by members of elite orchestra such as the Philadelphia sympnony, Czech philarmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw orchestra.