A member of the Turtle Island String Quartet from 1992 to 2003, Danny Seidenberg, has enjoyed a varied and eclectic musical life. He made his solo viola debut at age 16 with the Pittsburgh Symphony as part of their Young People’s Concert series, then went to on the Juilliard School and a professional tenure in New York. Among the groups he performed there with are American Ballet Theater, New York City Opera, American Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Orchestra of St. Lukes, New York City Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Solisti New York, Dance Theater of Harlem, Soviet Emigre Orchestra, New York Virtuosi, Radio City Music Hall, many Broadway shows and multifarious chamber music.

Danny is a performer, composer, arranger, clinician and jazz educator of international stature. He has toured, performed and recorded with Steve Reich, the Village People, Liza Minelli, Tony Bennett, James Brown, Richie Havens, Led Zeppelin, Black Eyed Peas, Smokey Robinson, recorded with his own progressive rock group "Spy" for CBS Records, improvisational jazz-fusion with "Szobel" for Arista Records, and original music for Windham Hill. Seidenberg is also an accomplished pianist, performs extensively as a violinist as well, and as an early instrument specialist with groups including the Grande Bande, American Bach Soloists, Classical Bande, Musica Angelica and LA Baroque.

With the Turtle Island String Quartet there is a discography of some 15 recordings and countless major venue appearances throughout the world, and he is currently in residence at the Henry Mancini Institute (UCLA). He has also been an instructor at the University of Massachusetts and Stanford in their jazz studies departments. His ‘Winter Variations’ earned a German Grammy nomination in 1997 and was performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, and he recently finished a commission for the New Century Chamber Orchestra. Currently Danny plays on film and TV scores, is performing with the legendary 70’s progressive rock band ‘Pavlov’s Dog’ and his new eclectic trio, the ‘UnBande’. He also works with the Los Angeles Opera, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and is principle viola of the Pasadena Pops.

Danny lives with his wife Daryl and their two children Emma and Teddy, in Whittier, California..