Daniel Lelchuk
Sales and Media Executive
Director of Artistic Events

Described by The Washington Post as a “dazzling virtuoso,” Daniel Lelchuk is renowned worldwide as both cellist and communicator. He has performed at numerous international festivals including those of Aspen, Baden-Baden, Hawaii, Colorado, Minnesota Lakes Area, Silicon Valley, and Salzburg. He has served as guest cellist of the Qatar Philharmonic, guest first cellist of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco, cellist of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería (Mexico City) and first cellist of the Royal Opera House Muscat (Oman). He served a decade-long successful tenure as Associate Principal Cellist of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Orleans Opera Association, appointed by Music Director Carlos Miguel Prieto. At the invitation of Prince Nicolò Boncompagni Ludovisi, he presented a series of solo cello recitals at the famed Villa Aurora, Rome.

Lelchuk served from 2010-2014 as principal cellist of the Castleton Festival under Maestro Lorin Maazel, where he performed to acclaim major solos from the operatic and symphonic repertoire, most notably Verdi’s Otello. Since 2016 he has served as first cellist of the New York-based Salomé Chamber Orchestra and makes regular international tours with David Aaron Carpenter and the Ensemble.

For the past decade, Lelchuk has been immersed in the world of fine violins, violas, celli, and bows. He serves as fine instrument Sales Executive for Carriage House Violins, Boston, where he is also the newly appointed Director of Artistic Events. Passionate about matching instrument with player, he is privileged to have been involved in undertakings with some of the most important names in the history of violin making, such as as Stradivari, Grancino and Rugieri, and so too in the world of bows, with Tourte, Sartory, and others.

Also an accomplished administrator, in 2023, Lelchuk founded the Festival de Música de Cámara Antigua (Antigua Chamber Music Festival), the first ever fully-fledged chamber music festival in Guatemala. In his capacity as Artistic Director, he has brought world-class musicians to the historic cultural capital city of Antigua to present chamber concerts each Winter to great acclaim.

Daniel Lelchuk is a founding member of the Castleton Chamber Players with violinist Eric Silberger, where they present chamber music in the jewel box Theatre House designed and built by Maestro Maazel. In these concerts they are regularly joined by world-class musicians such as Orion Weiss, Ashley Jackson, Michelle DeYoung, and Paul Groves.

Always forward-looking to the future of music, Lelchuk designed and built the cello platform at tonebase, the premier online music education company, where he served as the Lead of Cello Content. In addition to designing all content for the cello platform, he hosted regular livestreams broadcast worldwide and managed a community of thousands of passionate, diverse cellists from every corner of the globe.

An avid road cyclist, Daniel Lelchuk spends as much time as he can on two wheels.