Davis Gaines 1. At the age of 22, American violinist and Grammy nominee hilary hahn has alreadyestablished herself as one of the most accomplished and compelling artists on http://www.phoenixsymphony.org/artists/guest_artists_hahn.html
Extractions: Violin View Another Guest Artist Arizona Arts Chorale Amy Jo Arrington Ilse Apéstegui Mason Bates Kenji Bunch Richard Clement John Daniecki James DePreist Dean Elzinga Stefan Freund Davis Gaines Jonathan Gilad Evelyn Glennie Neal Gittleman Bridgett Hooks Robert O. Johnson Carlos Kalmar Cecile Licad Ross Magoulas Alexander Markov Gregory Mertl Jenn Raithel Newman Opera Tunity Kevin Puts Martin Short Marshall Taylor At the age of 22, American violinist and Grammy nominee Hilary Hahn has already established herself as one of the most accomplished and compelling artists on the international concert circuit. In the 2001-2002 season, Hahn toured the United States as soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; made an extended recital tour of North America, Europe, and Japan; played Brahms with orchestras in Asia; and recorded concertos of Shostakovich and Mendelssohn for Sony Classical. Her American orchestral performances include return engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony, and debuts with the Boulder, New Mexico, and San Diego symphonies.
Bronson Piano Studio Date, Review, Organization. xx/xx/99, violinist hilary hahn Pianist Natalie Zhu,Carmel Music Society. violinist hilary hahn Pianist Natalie Zhu. By Lyn Bronson. http://www.bronsonpianostudio.com/reviews/111699r1.htm
Extractions: Lyn Bronson When Robert Schumann heard Chopin's Opus 1, he immediately wrote in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, "Hats off, gentlemen, a Genius." After hearing violinist Hilary Hahn last night at Sunset Center in Carmel, I know how he must have felt. The occasion was the Carmel Music Society's second concert of the season, and during this concert Ms. Hahn appeared with collaborative pianist Natalie Zhu. Only nineteen years old, Ms. Hahn has it all. We heard glorious soaring tone, with the most exquisite control of intonation and vibrato, plus we heard a mature musicianship (incredible for one so young) capable of the subtlest dynamics and shaping of phrases. This is not playing you are likely to forget. The program consisted of four sonatas - two by Brahms, one by Debussy and the Bach unaccompanied Sonata in A Minor. I was most looking forward to hearing the Brahms and Debussy sonatas, rather than the Bach, because in many violinists' hands, the unaccompanied suites and sonatas can sound like labored, academic exercises. Ms. Hahn's Bach Sonata was a startling revelation. Every phrase, every note, every nuance was there with an astounding clarity. The mechanics of playing the violin receded into the background, as she effortlessly navigated her way through the most difficult contrapuntal and double-stop passages. The most interesting aspect of her Bach playing was that although she made this extremely difficult work look and sound easy, her playing was never glib. We got the impression she was completely committed to the music and this gave her playing an air of extraordinary authority. It is difficult to image a better performance of this work, and I never wanted it to end.
Boston Globe Online / Living Arts / BSO Delights In Slatkin, conductor Leonard Slatkin, the music director of the National Symphony in Washington,DC, and a welcome debut artist, the popular young violinist hilary hahn. http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/038/living/BSO_delights_in_Slatkin_and_violini
Meet The Musician_Hilary Hahn The keynote speaker was the young violinist hilary hahn, 20, whose remarks boastedthe same kind of uninsistent charm that characterizes her playing. http://www.playmusic.org/stage/musician_hilary/hilary.html
Extractions: Keynote speech delivered to the American Symphony Orchestra League National Conference, June 15, 2000 in Boston, MA Hilary Hahn was the keynote speaker at the national conference of the American Symphony Orchestra League, held June 14-17, 2000 in Boston. Read about the preparations and presentation of her speech, along with her other activities on the road onstage and off in her online journal Postcards from the Road. below is the some quotes Kids could follow an interactive instrumental course put together by a musician from their hometown orchestra. They could walk through a "virtual orchestra" while listening to one of the orchestra's recordings. They could also read stories about true onstage experiences, or they could email questions to their favorite orchestra members.
Extractions: Society for the Performing Arts presents violin virtuoso Hilary Hahn HOUSTON - Society for the Performing Arts, bringing the world's best to Houston, presents violinist Hilary Hahn on Sunday, Nov. 17 in Wortham Center's Cullen Theater at 7 p.m. in her Houston recital debut. Hahn, called "America's Best" young classical musician by Time magazine, will be accompanied by Natalie Zhu on piano. The program will include: Ernest Bloch's Sonata for violin and piano No. 1, Franz Schubert's Sonata for violin and piano in A Major, J. S. Bach's Partita No. 3 in E Major for solo violin and Claude Debussy's Sonata for violin and piano. Hahn isn't the typical young, starving musician. Audiences and ensembles are clamoring to hear her perform and rightly so. This girl is talented. At the age of 22, American violinist and Grammy nominee Hahn has already established herself as one of the most accomplished and compelling artists on the international concert circuit. Last season, Hahn toured the United States as soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; made an extended recital tour of North America, Europe and Japan; played Brahms with orchestras in Asia; and recorded concertos of Shostakovich and Mendelssohn for Sony Classical. Hahn, who has lived in Baltimore since she was 3, was born in Lexington, Virginia. She began playing the violin one month before her fourth birthday, in the children's program of the Peabody Conservatory. From age 5 to 10, she studied in Baltimore with Klara Berkovich, a native of Odessa who taught for 25 years at the Leningrad School for the Musically Gifted.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features Virtuoso violinist hilary hahn, Time magazine's Best Young ClassicalMusician winner last year, could have been a tuba player. http://starbulletin.com/2002/09/13/features/story7.html
Extractions: tryan@starbulletin.com Virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn, Time magazine's "Best Young Classical Musician" winner last year, could have been a tuba player. "When I was 3, my dad and I were walking through the neighborhood when we saw a sign about music lessons for 4-year-olds, and I was curious," said Hahn, who joins the Honolulu Symphony tonight and Sunday for the opening weekend of the 2002-2003 Halekulani Masterworks Season. "We went in, and I saw a little boy playing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' on a tiny violin. I really liked it, so I started the next week. But if he had been playing a tuba, well ..." So a month before her fourth birthday, Hahn began playing in the children's program of the Peabody Conservatory. At age 10 she was admitted to Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, then made her major orchestra debut a year and a half later with the Baltimore Symphony. Hahn completed the Curtis Institute's requirements at 16 but deferred graduation to study language and literature. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree at the age of 19. "I'm not a workaholic," said the slender woman with delicate features. "I just have a lot to do."
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features With her latest recording, 21year-old violinist hilary hahn proves that she hasmoved beyond her teen-prodigy years and emerged as an important artist. http://starbulletin.com/2002/01/25/features/story5.html
Extractions: mvogel@starbulletin.com With her latest recording, 21-year-old violinist Hilary Hahn proves that she has moved beyond her teen-prodigy years and emerged as an important artist. The choice to pair these two concertos in one recording was made by Hahn, who felt equally passionate about the monumental masterpiece of the Brahms and the lesser-known Stravinsky. Johannes Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major is a mammoth undertaking. The first movement contains a huge structure that demands strength, warmth and lyricism from both the soloist and the orchestra. Hahn and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields deftly handle the pacing of this potentially sprawling work. The violinist is particularly impressive in the first movement's cadenza where, free from the accompanying ensemble, she suspends the piece's forward momentum with tonal and dynamic shifts and impressive dialogue and echo effects. Hahn makes her instrument sing in the beautiful adagio, demonstrating exquisitely long phrases that allow the music to float from the opening bars to the end.
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Extractions: Tuesday, 8 p.m. Grieg: Holberg Suite Bach: Violin Concerto in E Major Elgar: Serenade in E Minor Bach: Double Concerto in D Minor Time Magazine hails her as "America's best young classical musician" (July 2001). Hilary Hahn is an internationally renowned violinist of incomparable talent. This Baltimore native made her debut at age 12 with David Zinman and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and performs regularly with the finest orchestras in the world. In this gala concert, Ms. Hahn will perform two Bach works that she will record in the near future in collaboration with Margaret Batjer, concertmaster of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear Hilary Hahn in the intimate setting of Maryland Hall. see Ms. Hahn's website
Extractions: November 27 ~ Very Balanced Life Hilary Hahn: Brahms, Stravinsky "I've had a v e r y balanced life. It just h a p p e n e d that I was more interested in the v i o l i n than other kids. There were kids who c o n c e n t r a t e d on sports . I focused on the v i o l i n " ~ Hilary Hahn Time magazine has called her "America's best young musician," award-winning classical violinist Hilary Hahn (1979-) was born on this day in Lexington, Virginia. She first began lessons a few weeks shy of her fourth birthday and gave her first recital at age 10. "My first teacher told me to think of (performance) as giving a gift to the audienceas though you're inviting them in for a party," Hahn explained, following her musical passion for most of her life. Admitted to Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music at age ten, five years later she played Beethoven for her European concert debut. In 1997, she released her first album, Hilary Hahn plays Bach . "I like to record. It's very intense," she said. "But it's very educationalthe one time you get to listen to yourself." The Los Angeles Times described her playing as "pristine."
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Extractions: Hilary Hahn American violinist Hilary Hahn is the Natalie Portman of classical music. At the age of 20, the Baltimore-born prodigy has already three recordings under her belt. What makes these recordings stand out from recordings of other young musicians is that Miss Hahn does not shy away from the treacherous mainstream repetoire. Most young musicians start out by recording technically flashy (but emotionally shallow) showpieces until they have made a name for themselves. Hahn, on the other hand, dismisses all the rubbish and bravely tackles deeper, more meaningful works from the very beginning. Most of the music that she has recorded and performed so far are warhorses which have already been recorded numerous times. To stand out, Hahn must equal, if not best, recordings of the past, some of which have achieved a "lengendary" status over the years. Aside from recording CDs (which she doesn't do often enough!!), Hilary Hahn also performs concerts around the world. She will appear later this year in The Last Night of the Proms (each year, the British Broadcasting Corporation hosts a 2-month classical music festival called the Proms, the last night of which usually being the climax of the entire event). Hilary Hahn has performed with big-name ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic, but, unlike so many money-hungry musicians, she has also graced lesser known groups like the Bay Atlantic Orchestra (where? huh?).
Extractions: Press Democrat Santa Rosa, California February 22, 1999 Violinist's Return to Santa Rosa Exquisite By Diane Peterson Staff Writer In her second appearance with the Santa Rosa Symphony in as many years, violinist Hilary Hahn poured her soul into Brahms' noble Violin Concerto on Saturday night in an exquisite pairing of fresh, young talent with a composer at the peak of his powers. Hahn played the thorny concerto with such superb assurance and sumptuous tone that she brought the house immediately to its feet, an ovation seconded by the orchestra itself, who stomped their feet in thunderous approval. With typical composure, Hahn plucked out two red roses from her bouquet and handed them to Kahane and concertmaster Joseph Edelberg, finally quieting the adoring crowd by applauding them as well. Despite the deluge outside, the fifth subscription concert of the season led by Music Director Jeffrey Kahane attracted a nearly full house to the Burbank Center for the Arts. The elfin Hahn, whose diminutive fingers exhibit a steely fortitude, came onstage at the end of the night wearing a simple black gown with sparkling bodice and low-cut back. Sweeping the orchestra with her eyes during the expansive opening theme, Hahn launched into the Brahms concerto with both aggressive bravura and expressive tenderness, alternately playing to the orchestra, the conductor and the audience in a kind of dance that appeared to be a natural extension of the music, not an affectation. Lingering lovingly on a note here and there, Hahn put her mark on the piece, pulling heart strings as surely as she pulled her bow across the string. Her unerring pitch, especially in the upper register, was rivaled only by her piercingly sweet tone.
DAILY BRUIN ONLINE - World In A String Kawa A recipient of France's distinguished recording prize, the Diaspon D'or for Young Talent, 19year-old American violinist hilary hahn performs works by http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/db/issues/99/11.18/ae.hahn.html
Extractions: MUSIC: Hilary Hahn, a 19-year-old star violinist, stops at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall tonight as she continues her international concert tour By Allison Hunter Daily Bruin Contributor Most fairy tales begin with "Once upon a time," but Hilary Hahn's musical career started with "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." That's what a 4-year-old Hahn heard when she saw a sign offering "music lessons for 4-year-olds" while on a walk around her Baltimore neighborhood with her dad. She decided to check it out. Though Hahn cites musical greats like her former mentor, Jascha Brodsky, as her greatest inspirations, that little boy playing "Twinkle, Twinkle" in that small building in Baltimore was probably her first influence. Hahn, now a world-renowned violinist, will perform tonight in UCLA's Schoenberg Hall, in just one stop on her international tour. Though Hahn began her musical career with "Twinkle, Twinkle," she moved on to bigger and better things. At tonight's concert, she will perform Brahm's Sonatas 1 and 2, Bach's Solo Sonata No. 2 and Debussy's Sonata, accompanied by pianist Natalie Zhu. The UCLA show is Hahn's debut solo performance in Los Angeles, although she has performed in countless cities around the world. Though she doesn't have a favorite city, Hahn said she most enjoys playing in Baltimore, her hometown, and Philadelphia, where she currently lives, because she has a "connection" with the people there. She said she also enjoyed playing in Jerusalem, Italy and Spain.
Cobb Symphony | Hilary Hahn Biography At the age of 22, American violinist and Grammy nominee hilary hahn has alreadyestablished herself as one of the most accomplished and compelling artists on http://www.cobbsymphony.com/season/HahnBio.html
Extractions: In the 2001-2002 season, Ms. Hahn tours the United States as soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam; makes an extended recital tour of North America, Europe, and Japan; plays Brahms with orchestras in Asia; and records concertos of Shostakovich and Mendelssohn for Sony Classical. Her American orchestral performances include return engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony, and debuts with the Boulder, New Mexico, and San Diego symphonies. In Europe, she returns to Vienna as soloist with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and appears for the first time with the orchestras of Bordeaux, Gothenberg, Stuttgart, and Santa Caecilia in Rome. Hilary Hahn records exclusively for Sony Classical. Her first album, featuring Solo Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach, won Diapason's 1997 "d'Or of the Year," Stereo Review's "Best of the Month," and spent weeks as a bestseller on the Billboard classical charts. Her Grammy-nominated second recording - another classical bestseller, coupling the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Bernstein Serenade - brought a second Diapason "d'Or," the Echo Klassik award for 1999, Gramophone Magazine's "CD of the Month," and cover stories in major music publications around the world.
SFS Press Release ANNOUNCE THE 2003 EUROPEAN TOUR MAY 7 25 FIFTEEN-CONCERT, TEN-CITY TOUR OF EUROPEANMUSICAL CAPITALS FEATURES violinist hilary hahn AND SOPRANO BARBARA BONNEY, http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/pressReleasePrint.asp?releaseid=169
Extractions: I like Hilary's interpretation of the Barber concerto. I've compared this performance with Shaham and Perlman, and I've got to give the top slot to Hahn; for starters, the fireworks finale seems smoother and yet more rhythmically invigorating than the competition, and her violin fits better into the mix here, almost as an enlarged obbligato part as opposed to the front-and-foremost solo instrument. Perlman is a good example of the latter; his concerto recordings seem to have the violin projected too far forward in the mix. Hahn seems to blend with the orchestra in a way that acheives a better balance and a more natural, concert-like sound. Great performance of an American classic. The Meyer, to my ears, is a flawed and uninteresting piece. It does not stay with me and while it has no obvious feature that makes it unlistenable, and though it is performed rather well, it does not grab me by the throat as the Barber piece does. (Cf. Meyer's string quintet, performed by the Emersons with Meyer; much more successful and memorable.)
Public Radio East - Your Choice Radio Networks There is something in the playing of 22year-old violinist hilary hahn that remindsme so much of the old European masters that I can't help but think the http://www.publicradioeast.org/reviews/20020127brahms.htm
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Extractions: Hilary Hahn s outstanding November recital proved that the young Americans growing reputation is very well deserved, but it nevertheless took Hahn some time to settle into the intimacy of the Wigmore Hall. Brahms Violin Sonata no 2 in A op.100 was unmemorable and understated, and Hahn seemed afraid of taking risks; portamento and lyrical passion were notable by their absence. Hahns generally secure intonation was let down by some uncomfortably sharp G-string playing a peculiarity which occurred a number of times throughout the recital. After this somewhat tentative start, Hahn relaxed into her programme with panache and style. Bachs Solo Violin Sonata no 1 in G minor BWV1001 - as released on her legendary all-Bach debut CD in 1997 - was immaculate, Hahn successfully achieving a perfect balance of the individual voices within the texture. Her sense of line was decisive yet beautiful, and the chordal sections of the fugue were stunningly clean and expressive.
Extractions: BUY NOW AmazonUK AmazonUS I saw this young American violinist from Baltimore playing Mozarts Fourth Concerto, K218, at a Prom. This was a very good performance but, for me, the finale did not quite come off. And, with respect, it is Mozarts fault. He keeps changing the tempo. First, 15 bars at andante, then 57 at allegro, 15 at andante, 43 at allegro, 59 at andante, 33 at allegro, 7 at andante and 25 at allegro. This is stop and start music. She was persuaded to play an encore at this Prom and she choose Bach. I was impressed with her Bach and this CD reinforces that first impression. I was seriously deterred from Bachs solo violin music because of some really awful performances that I had to endure and from leading professionals. I also determined never to hear it again. But along came Hilary. I adore her Bach playing and in a few years time it will be even better than it is now although I hasten to add it is already really very fine indeed. There is so much to admire and she avoids the mistakes and idiosyncratic quirks that some famous violinists make.
