Dan Flonta Violinist from West Barnstable, MA

Dan Flonta is a violinist and violin teacher residing in West Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Mr. Flonta is the founder of the Cape Cod String Quartet and is a very active member of the performing arts community on Cape Cod. Mr. Dan Flonta earned his Master of Music in Violin Performance from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and his Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from The Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Mr. Flonta has performed extensively throughout Europe and North America. Some of the venues include The Berliner Philharmoniker Concert Hall and Chamber Music Hall, The Herodes Atticus Theater in Athens, Greece, The Norwalk Concert Hall, Troy Music Hall and the EMPAC Center in Troy, New York. Mr. Flonta resides on Cape Cod, MA with two sons Victor and David. Dan Flonta plays on a violin made by luthier Ray Melanson. Mr. Melanson won a Gold Medal for tone at the 2012 Art of Sound International Competition. The violin is based on a Giuseppe Guarneri del Jesu violin made in 1742. Guarneri del Jesu violins are considered among the best violins in the world only rivaled by Stradivarius instruments