Legacy

The child of an American mother and a German father, prodigy violin soloist David Garrett, born David Bongartz in Aachen, Germany, reached and surpassed many an important milestone before his matriculation at Juilliard in New York. David's interest in violin began at the age of four, when his older brother received a violin from his father — who himself was a antique stringed-instrument dealer. A year later, David had already won a competition, and by seven he was playing in public as often...