| He's turning his American fame from the PBS | | | | orchestras (like the London Philharmonic and the |
| special "Live in Berlin" to a full-blown tour that | | | | Los Angeles Philharmonic), busting out solo |
| visits cities like Charlotte, Nashville, Clearwater and | | | | performances praised by all. By the time he was |
| others through the spring. The German violinist is | | | | a teenager, after already working with legendary |
| making his string instrument one of the hottest | | | | Yehudi Menuhin, Garrett signed to Deutsche |
| new instruments out there – apart from | | | | Cgrammophon as a solo artist and began touring. |
| recently appearing on Oprah, where he received a | | | | As any normal teenager will do, however, Garrett |
| brilliant scream in appreciation, David Garrett's | | | | rebelled. Not truly in the sense of the word, |
| rocker looks and sweet German charm keep all | | | | though, the 13-year-old violinist who had never |
| the women swooning and the men in awe (who | | | | listened to anything other than classical music |
| else can play a violin and make it seem extremely | | | | started exploring other kinds of musical genres in |
| manly?). If you want to see what all the buzz is | | | | rock, pop and hip-hop. "I'd listened to nothing but |
| about this year as Garrett continues to roll | | | | classical music until the age of 14," he said on his |
| through Ft. Lauderdale and Dallas, pick up <a | | | | website. "So when I started going to regular |
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| onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' | | | | and rock, it was a revelation." The result in his |
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| Already hailed the biggest thing to come from | | | | revolutionary classic world. |
| Germany in centuries, Garrett is making quite the | | | | Already a huge star in Europe, where he's |
| impression on American audiences as he continues | | | | headlined arena tours and earned two gold discs, it |
| to tour through April, playing everything from | | | | was time to find crossover success. The first |
| Mozart classics to rock tunes from AC/DC and | | | | American release from Garrett appeared with |
| Metallica. With high notes from both the BBC | | | | Decca in 2009 and featured singles like "He's a |
| Music Magazine, who calls him 'the stuff of | | | | Pirate" from the film Pirates of the Caribbean: |
| legend," to People Magazine, who hails him as a | | | | Dead Man's Chest, his own compilation "Chelsea |
| "classical hottie," the 28-year-old star finds fans in | | | | Girl" and even Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal." |
| all forms. To add even more glam to glory, | | | | American fans, who helped the eponymous album |
| Garrett will even be included in this year's | | | | reach the top spot on Billboard Top Heatseekers, |
| Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest | | | | Classic Crossover Albums and 116th on the |
| performer to play "Flight of the Bumblebee." | | | | Billboard 200, might recognize his tunes as Garrett |
| A child prodigy who had a full-blown classical music | | | | doubles as the spokesperson for Banana Republic. |
| career at 13, Garrett was born in Aache, | | | | With good looks, serious musical charisma and |
| Germany and started playing music by the time | | | | millions of fans to boot, Garrett has nothing to |
| he could walk. At just eight years old the young | | | | worry about when he takes on American |
| musician was playing in front of the world's largest | | | | audiences this spring. |
| audiences behind some of the world's best | | | | |