Daniel Thorell (b.1997) is one of the young Swedish cellists who has distinguished himself the most in his generation.
Alongside a remarkable musical versatility, he has been recognized for his technically dazzling and colorful cello playing and for his soulful and thoughtful interpretations.
Daniel made his soloist debut already at the age of 11 in Saint-Saën's Cello Concerto No. 1, first movement, together with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and two years later he was a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Polar Prize award ceremony in Stockholm Concert Hall in honor of Yo Yo Ma.
After that, over the years he has been a soloist with the Gothenburg Symphony, the Philharmonic Orchestra Plauen Zwickau, the Croatian Radio and TV Orchestra in Zagreb among others, in Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations and in cello concertos by Dvorák, Schumann, Tarrodi, Saint-Saëns and Elgar.
Daniel has won 1st prize in no less than 13 national and international soloist competitions such as the Polar Star Prize, Premio Rovere d'oro, Öresunds Solist, American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition with winner's concert in Carnegie Hall, and more.
Daniel is also a four-time first prize winner in the Stockholm International Music Competition.
In addition to that, he has been a finalist and prize winner in major prestigious cello competitions such as the International Cello Competition Markneukirchen, Germany and the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition in Zagreb, Croatia. Daniel was also a finalist in the Swedish Soloist Prize 2022, where he performed an acclaimed interpretation of Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1 together with the Gothenburg Symphony.
He has been the recipient of SWEA International's Sigrid Paskell Scholarship in the Performing Arts, several of the Royal Academy of Music's most significant scholarships, the Saltö Foundation's Järnåker scholarship, among many others. Daniel has also received the John Andersson i Anderslöv large music scholarship twice.
In the 2019–2020 season, he was also one of a few selected laureates from around the world for the Gautier Capuçon´s Classe d´excellence de violoncelle at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.
Daniel obtained his bachelor’s degree in 2019 at the Royal Academy of Music Edsberg Castle where he studied with Jakob Koranyi and Professor Torleif Thedéen and completed his studies for Soloist Diploma in 2022 at the Norwegian Academy of Music for Professor Thedéen.
Daniel currently runs an extensive freelance business and is frequently hired as a soloist and chamber musician for festivals and other concert contexts around Europe.
Daniel can sometimes also be seen as a guest solo cellist/principal in symphony and chamber orchestras both in Sweden and abroad.
Since 2019, he is a member of the award-winning young string quartet Opus13.
