23-year-old German-Spanish-Malaysian violinist Elias David Moncado is the youngest-ever winner of the 1st grand prize as well as 10 special prizes at the International Karol Lipinski Violin Competition 2019 in Poland. Elias won the 1st prize at the Int Valsesia Musica 2021 and at the Int Vladimir Spivakov Competition 2021. In addition, he is the youngest prizewinner of the 7th International Sendai Violin Competition 2019 in Japan.
Furthermore, he is a prizewinner of international competitions such as Louis-Spohr in Weimar, Concorso Postacchini Fermo, and Concours International de l'Orchestre du Maroc. Further musical highlights in his young solo career are his concerts as a debut artist at Nikolaisaal Potsdam from 2020-2022, as well as his debuts in 2022 at Meguro Persimmon Hall Tokyo and Hitachi Systems Hall Sendai.
Elias was a soloist of numerous orchestras like Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Gottinger Symphonieorchester, Brandenburger Symphoniker, Freiburger Philharmoniker, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, MAV Budapest Symphony Orchestra and Wroclaw Opera Symphony Orchestra.
He performed with conductors such as Vladimir Spivakov, Ken Takaseki, Fabrice Ballon, Nicolas Pasquet, Heiko Mathias Forster and Ryusuke Numajiri. As a soloist he played at festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Kissinger Musiksommer, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mozartfestival Schloss Schwetzingen, Rhein-Ruhr Festival Recklinghausen and as a chamber musician at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival. He studied with Prof. Latica Honda-Rosenberg, Prof. Zakhar Bron, and Prof. Pierre Amoyal at the Julius Stern lnstitut of UdK Berlin and at the University Mozarteum Salzburg. Elias has been studying as a young soloist at the Kronberg Academy with Prof. Mihaela Martin since autumn 2023. These studies are funded by the Benno und Ursula Stork-Wersborg-Patronage.
As a prizewinner and scholarship holder of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Hamburg, he plays a violin by Giambattista Rogeri of Brescia (around 1700) and a G.B. Guadagnini from a private patron.