Danny continues to earn local and national acclaim for his work as guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, song-writer, and arranger. He has won numerous awards for his musicianship as a competitive guitarist, mandolin player, and collaborator.   Danny's mom first taught him chords at age 12 and soon after he started lessons under the mentorship of his older brothers and Venezuelan classical guitarist, Daniél Marchan. He eventually went on to study with some of the greatest classical guitar performers and pedagogues including, but not limited to Jason Vieaux, Aaron Shearer, SoloDuo , Andrew Zohn, Denis Azabagic, and Zoran Dukić. In 2010, Danny was the guitarist for the world-premiere of the resurrected opera, "Flora” for the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. Two years later he performed and recorded another world-premiere, Landshcaften, by Martin Herchenroeder (Albany Records), a concerto for two guitars and orchestra with Bowling Green State University Orchestra. He also premiered the guitar duet "Distant Cries” with Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux, written by Stephen Stanziano, and in 2016 was the guitarist for the Mid-Atlantic Emmy nominated "Live From Nied's Hotel." Danny is integrally rooted in the Pittsburgh music scene playing nylon, steel-string, and electric guitars as well as mandolin in various groups in the area. He maintains a busy performance calendar, playing solo and in-collaboration at the local and national level. He has performed with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Jim Avett, (father of Scott and Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers), Michael Glabicki, Jim Donovan, and Liz Berlin of Rusted Root, The Clarks, Donnie Iris, and The Commonheart, to name a few. Danny’s music has been heard across the entire dial of local radio, including WRCT, WQED, WYEP, WDVE, and WXDX. His music has also been utilized commercially, most notably his composition, "Road Song,” which was used for a nationally-televised Scott's Lawn Care commercial. In 2019, Danny released his debut solo-guitar album, Samadhi on Misra Records. More recently he performed on the soundtrack for the mobile app “Little Pizzeria,” created by Orta Interactive Studio, and in the summer of 2022, he performed and composed music for the kids TV show “Hello Humans," soon to be released. Danny holds a Bachelor's from Duquesne University under the mentorship of Tom Kikta and Tim Bedner. In 2011, he completed a Master of Music degree in classical guitar performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Grammy-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux. Currently he resides in Pittsburgh, PA where he enjoys teaching, running, hiking, biking, and fixing up his house.