Daniel Zlatkin's compositions have been played by the Da Capo Chamber Players, Calidore Quartet, The Brass Project, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, and The Orchestra Now. His music has been featured at National Sawdust (Brooklyn), Music From Angel Fire (New Mexico), and the Fisher Center for Performing Arts (Hudson Valley).
Zlatkin is influenced by Mahler, Berg, Ligeti, Thoreau, Adès, Schenker, Dante, and Galina Ustvolskaya. With his music, he aspires to tell a story and stretch reality. Listeners often describe it as visceral, clear, austere, and humorous.
As a cellist he has extensive orchestral and chamber music experience, and frequently performs his own music. He has been mentored by Joan Tower, George Tsontakis, Michael Daugherty, Evan Chambers, Walter Russell Mead, and Peter Wiley. He is a recipient of a 2015 Davis Projects for Peace grant, and was a finalist in the 2015 and 2018 ASCAP Young Composer Awards. He holds a B.M. in composition and cello and a B.A. in political studies from Bard College, and an M.M. in composition from the University of Michigan.
Zlatkin is influenced by Mahler, Berg, Ligeti, Thoreau, Adès, Schenker, Dante, and Galina Ustvolskaya. With his music, he aspires to tell a story and stretch reality. Listeners often describe it as visceral, clear, austere, and humorous.
As a cellist he has extensive orchestral and chamber music experience, and frequently performs his own music. He has been mentored by Joan Tower, George Tsontakis, Michael Daugherty, Evan Chambers, Walter Russell Mead, and Peter Wiley. He is a recipient of a 2015 Davis Projects for Peace grant, and was a finalist in the 2015 and 2018 ASCAP Young Composer Awards. He holds a B.M. in composition and cello and a B.A. in political studies from Bard College, and an M.M. in composition from the University of Michigan.