Daniel Alexander Slatkin (born May 16, 1994) is an American composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist and music producer known for his concert works, film scores, and television scores.[1][2] At the age of 23, Slatkin's feature film debut was premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre,[3] and five months later had his symphony orchestra debut with a concert work commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.[4]
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| Born | Daniel Alexander Slatkin May 16, 1994 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
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| Website | slatkinmusic |
Early life and education
editDaniel Slatkin was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to conductor and 7-time Grammy winner, Leonard Slatkin and Linda Hohenfeld, on May 16, 1994.[5][6] The Slatkins are part of a Jewish musical family that came from areas of the Russian Empire now in Ukraine. His grandfather, violinist and conductor Felix Slatkin, was the founder of the Hollywood String Quartet and concertmaster of the Twentieth Century Fox Orchestra.[7] His grandmother, Eleanor Aller, was the cellist of the quartet and principal cellist of the Warner Brothers Orchestra, becoming the first female to hold a principal chair in a Hollywood studio orchestra.[8]
Slatkin was educated in the concert hall. He traveled throughout his youth while training classically in piano, watching his father perform on stages all over the world. Slatkin attended Brooks School where he began forming his musical voice, and during this time had his first professional performance as a pianist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17.[9][10] After high school, Slatkin attended the University of Southern California,[11] studying business, music and film.
Career
editSlatkin has followed in the footsteps of his family, achieving acclaim at an unusually young age. Slatkin conducted his first orchestral commission, In Fields, at age 23 with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, his works have been performed and commissioned by the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, Orchestre National de Lyon, National Symphony Orchestra and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.[12] His recorded music has been broadcast internationally, with his most recent recording, In Fields, having been released in February 2022.[13]
Slatkin's debut feature film, Making Fun: The Story of Funko, was premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, and his film music has since been heard around the world, from Netflix to ESPN to PBS to Amazon Prime to festivals, where his work has been nominated for best score.[14]
In 2022, Slatkin wrote and recorded the score for a feature film with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the Max M. Fisher Music Center.[15][16] The film, about the Detroit bankruptcy, won the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.[17] That same year, his score for independent feature film Neon Bleed won two Best Score awards, with the selections made by Roger Taylor of Queen and Alan Parsons.[18][19]
Concert works
edit- 2018: In Fields
- 2019: Paganini Goes To The Movies
- 2024: Voyager 130
- 2024: Grand Slam Fanfare
Filmography
editFilms
edit| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 2014 | Never to Return | Scott Bergen Espanol | Short film |
| 2016 | 6:15 on a Saturday Night | Dianna Ippolito | Short film |
| 2017 | Nexus | Dianna Ippolito | Short film |
| 2018 | Making Fun: The Story of Funko | David Romero | Netflix |
| 2018 | Dread Hunt | Nicholas Kramer | Short film |
| 2018 | How We Eat | Blair Pennington | Short film |
| 2018 | Millennial Romance | Scott Bergen Espanol | Short film |
| 2018 | Hollywood Checkmate | Connor Adams | Short film |
| 2019 | American Bison | Max McGillivray | Short film |
| 2019 | The Last Piece | Will Lowell | Short film |
| 2019 | Mommy’s Birthday | Jacob Arbittier | Short film |
| 2020 | Dinner Guests | Jacob Arbittier | Short film |
| 2020 | Man’s best friend | Pancho Moler | Short film |
| 2020 | Melissa | Jacob Arbittier | Short film |
| 2020 | Clap Clap | Jacob Arbittier | Short film |
| 2020 | Matches | Jordan Nistico | — |
| 2020 | Come F*ck My Robot | Mercedes Bryce Morgan | Short film |
| 2020 | Chestnut Lane | Jacob Arbittier Ian Soares |
Short film |
| 2020 | Zero Time to Waste | Matt Helbig | Short film |
| 2021 | Fish | Jacob Arbittier | Short film |
| 2021 | PLUM: A Baseball Life | Conor Fitzgerald | — |
| 2022 | Slice & Hook | Ray Boland | Short film |
| 2022 | Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit | Sam Katz James McGovern |
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| 2022 | Bag Lady | Max McGillivray | Short film |
| 2023 | Neon Bleed | John Capone | — |
| 2023 | The Chosen One | Elazar Fine | Short film |
| 2023 | Choke Hold | Max McGillivray | Short film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Bread, Salt & The Graphite Kid | David Romero | PBS |
| 2021 | The Kitchenistas | David Romero | PBS |
| 2023 | SC Featured | Harry Hawkings | Awaken: The Morgan Hoffmann Story |
Personal life
editSlatkin resides in Los Angeles with his wife and business partner, Bridget Slatkin.
References
edit- ^ McCollum, Brian. "Son of DSO's Leonard Slatkin composed score for new Detroit bankruptcy documentary". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ Post-Dispatch, Daniel Durchholz Special to the (10 September 2021). "Maestro's musings: Slatkin's new book takes hard look at classical music industry". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ "World Premiere of 'Making Fun - the Story of Funko' on Jan. 22 at Tcl Chinese Theatre!". funko.com. December 18, 2017. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ "MSM trustee Leonard Slatkin (HonDMA '13) releases Slatkin Conducts Slatkin, a new CD featuring the MSM Symphony Orchestra". Manhattan School of Music. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ "Slatkin conducts Slatkin". Gramophone. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ^ "TIMELINE | LEONARD SLATKIN". Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ Teachout, Terry (2021-03-09). "The Best Musicians You've Never Heard Of". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ Oestreich, James R. (1995-10-13). "Eleanor Aller, 78, A Cellist and Part Of a Musical Family". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ McCollum, Brian. "Son of DSO's Leonard Slatkin composed score for new Detroit bankruptcy documentary". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "Detroit Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert". I Love Detroit MI. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ "Southern California: 2014 – 2015 Men's College Squash Season Preview | College Squash Association". csasquash.com. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ "Leonard Slatkin gives himself a 75th birthday present: a reunion with the NSO". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ "CD Spotlight. Noble Grief. Music from Leonard Slatkin and his family, heard by Gerald Fenech". www.classicalmusicdaily.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ IdyllwildCinemaFest. ""We're filmmakers. The art form we've chosen has the power to inspire."". IdyllwildCinemaFest. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ^ McCollum, Brian. "Son of DSO's Leonard Slatkin composed score for new Detroit bankruptcy documentary". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "Daniel Slatkin composes score for documentary about Detroit's financial woes". The Hub. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ Rahman, Nushrat. "Documentary about Detroit's bankruptcy saga wins $200,000 film prize". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ McCollum, Brian. "Son of DSO's Leonard Slatkin composed score for new Detroit bankruptcy documentary". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ Cinema, Scotland International Festival of. "WINNERS 2022". Scotland International Festival of Cinema. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
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