Daniel Hodos was born in Hungary and began playing the violin at the age of eight. He was admitted to the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in 2017, where he studied with Miklós Szenthelyi. In 2021 he received a Kohl Scholarship to study at the Colburn Music Academy. He was the 1st prize winner of the XV. Koncz Janos Violin Competition, he received 2nd prize at the Ilona Feher International Violin Competition (2017). He was also the absolute first prize winner of the Danubia Talents International Music Festival and Competition (2020). He was selected as a finalist for the Leonid Kogan International Competition (2020), and he was a Merit Award winner of the Music Center’s Spotlight Competition (2022). He was a winner of the Colburn Academy Concerto Competition (2023). Daniel is a recepient of From the Top's Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, and is the winner of Salon de Virtusi's Career Grant.