Daniel Volovets is a guitarist, composer, arranger, and instructor specializing in classical, flamenco, Latin-American, and jazz music. Although born in the United States, his music is informed first and foremost by his Ukrainian, Russian, and Jewish heritage. Daniel began his studies at the age of 7 with classical guitarist Anatoly Shapiro and subsequently studied with classical/flamenco guitarist Tony Hauser and flamenco guitarist "El Payo" Humberto Wilkes. Daniel's mastery of many genres and aesthetics is evident in the breadth of his repertoire, which spans numerous countries and eras. He is an acclaimed arranger and composer, exploring the harmonic possibilities of the guitar in solo and ensemble contexts, with his original composition "A Meadow by the Sea" featured in the 2021 Emmy-winning television program "Hippocrates Cafe: Reflections on the Pandemic."

Daniel performs throughout Minneapolis at a wide range of venues and with the sponsorship of various organizations, including the MN Opera, the Minnesota Guitar Society, and Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre. Daniel has released seven full-length albums -- Watercolors of the World (2008), Silhouette (2009), Rite of Passage (2011), Rainy Highway (2014), Wistful Tendrils (2015), Echoes of Love (2016), and Masquerade (2019) -- as well as several EP-length releases, including a collaboration with Manila-born vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Jireh Calo titled The Kwarto Session (2020) and Live (2020), a collection of highlights from Daniel's duo repertoire with his brother Adrian Volovets. Daniel primarily plays guitars built by luthier Stephen Kakos.

Daniel graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed psychiatry residency through the Hennepin-Regions Psychiatry Training Program, now continuing to balance careers in music and medicine as an inpatient psychiatrist and psychotherapist at Hennepin County Medical Center. He strongly stands in solidarity with those who are underserved and historically marginalized, particularly amidst an increasingly oppressive political and social climate, and likewise strongly believes in the recognition of and utilization of privilege, at the intersection of race, gender, and class, to elevate the voices of those who have been oppressed by the macro and micro-level white supremacist forces inherent to so many of our institutions.

Daniel is currently working on several albums, four songbooks of original compositions and arrangements, and a debut novel that combines fantasy and magical realism influences.