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Hilary Hahn, hilary hahn,matsumo,matsumo2,matsumoto,matumoto English Japanese Back Classic Music Index ... Next Hilary Hahn Last Update: 2005. 9.10 "Hilary Hahn is a beautiful, sexy and young and violinist in U.S.A. I love her beautiful sound. Beethoven: Violin Concerto Berstein : Serenade Zinman - Baltimore so. Bach : Partitas and Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin Barber : Violin Concerto Meyer : Violin Concerto Wolff - St. Paul Chamber O. Brahms : Violin Concerto Stravinsky : Violin Concerto Marriner - Academy of St. Martin O Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Wolff - Oslo po. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1 Janowski - Oslo po. Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 Andrew Davis - BBCso. J.S.Bach: Violin Concerto No.1 J.S.Bach: Violin Concerto No.2 J.S.Bach: 2 Violins Concerto in D minor Violin in C minor Kahabe - Los Angeles Chamber O. Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Williams: The Lark Ascending Colin Davis - London so. THE VILLAGE (Movie's Sound Track) Mozart: Violin Sonata No.32 Mozart: Violin Sonata No.25 Mozart: Violin Sonata No.28 Mozart: Violin Sonata No.42

44. Hilary Hahn And The Loudoun Symphony American violinist hilary hahn, though just 19, has already established herselfas one of the brightest and most compelling artists on the international http://www.loudounsymphony.org/artists/hilary-hahn.html

Home Next Concert Season Ticket Info ... Contact Hilary Hahn and the Loudoun Symphony Hilary Hahn and the Loudoun Symphony The Loudoun Symphony and internationally acclaimed soloist and recording artist Hilary Hahn performed Karl Goldmark's Violin Concerto no. 1 in A Minor on Saturday, August 21, at 8 pm at Broad Run High School in Ashburn. The program also included Dvorak's Symphony no. 8 in G major. American violinist HILARY HAHN, though just 19, has already established herself as one of the brightest and most compelling artists on the international concert circuit. As a recitalist in 1999/2000, Hilary Hahn performs in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Diego, and St. Paul; in Europe she appears in Amsterdam, Geneva, Hamburg, Munich, Zurich, Milan and Paris. Hilary Hahn records exclusively for Sony Classical. In January 1999, Sony released her second recording - a coupling of the Beethoven Violin Concerto and the Bernstein Serenade. Gramophone named it "CD of the Month," in Diapason it was "d'Or of the Month;" FonoForum in Germany and 24 Hours in Australia made Ms. Hahn the subject of cover stories; and the disc appeared as a classical bestseller on the international record charts. Ms. Hahn's first album, featuring Solo Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach, was similarly successful, winning Diapason's "d'Or of the Year" in the New Talent Category, Stereo Review's "Pick of the Month," and spending weeks as a bestseller on the Billboard classical charts. Admitted to Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music in 1990 at the age of ten, Hilary Hahn made her major orchestra debut one year-and-a-half later with the Baltimore Symphony. Her 1993 Philadelphia Orchestra debut was followed by engagements with the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Pittsburgh Symphony. In March 1995, at age 15, Hilary Hahn made her German debut playing the Beethoven concerto with Lorin Maazel and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in a concert broadcast on radio and television throughout Europe. Two months later she received the Avery Fisher Career Grant. In 1996, Ms. Hahn completed the formal requirements for her bachelor's degree at Curtis, signed an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical, and made her Carnegie Hall debut in New York, as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

45. Hilary Hahn violinist hilary hahn makes her CU Concert Series debut Oct. 19. The CornellConcert Series brings the sublime artistry of 20year-old violinist hilary hahn http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/00/10.12.00/concert_series.html

Violinist Hilary Hahn makes her CU Concert Series debut Oct. 19 The Cornell Concert Series brings the sublime artistry of 20-year-old violinist Hilary Hahn to Statler Auditorium Thursday, Oct. 19, at 8 p.m. She will be accompanied by Hugh Sung, director of instrumental accompaniment at the renowned Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Tickets for the concert, at $15-$25 for adults and $9-$15 for students of any age attending any institution, are on sale at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office (M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., noon-5 p.m.; 255-3430) and at the ticket center in Clinton House, 116 N. Cayuga St. (M-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; 273-4497 or 1-800-284-8422). The program features two works by Brahms, Sonata No. 1 in G Major for violin and piano, Op. 78, and Sonata No. 3 in D Minor for violin and piano, Op. 108; Mozart's Sonata for violin and piano in F, K. 377; and Bach's Sonata No. 1 in G Minor for solo violin, BWV 1001. Admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 10, Hahn made her major orchestra debut a year and a half later with the Baltimore Symphony. She now performs regularly with the world's leading orchestras, appears on major recital series and records exclusively for Sony Classical. Her three recordings have received international acclaim. Her first album, featuring Solo Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach, won

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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."

50. Hilary Hahn News Grammy Award winning American concert violinist hilary hahn is in Ha Noi this Popular violinist hilary hahn, 25, joins the Philharmonic on December 11th http://www.topix.net/who/hilary-hahn

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52. Metroactive Music | Hilary Hahn, Garrick Ohlsson violinist hilary hahn, at age 20 already a risen star, made her South Bay debutbefore 250 patrons Sunday night at Villa Montalvo. http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/06.08.00/brahms-0023.html

Music Index San Jose Metroactive Central Archives Collaborative Gestures: Pianist Garrick Ohlsson ably assisted violinist Hilary Hahn on an evening of Brahms. Brahms Boosters Hilary Hahn and Garrick Ohlsson soared on three Brahms sonatas at Villa Montalvo By Scott MacClelland V IOLINIST HILARY HAHN, at age 20 already a risen star, made her South Bay debut before 250 patrons Sunday night at Villa Montalvo. That left about 50 empty seats in the Carriage House Theatre, where Hahn and veteran pianist Garrick Ohlsson teamed for the three Brahms violin sonatas. If you weren't there, you can go ahead and kick yourself. This was a recording-quality performance. Since a recording is in the works, microphones might as well have hung here. Virtually flawless playing by both and a penetrating interpretation of the composer's distinctive style put this collaboration up there with the best of them. Even though Hahn had the sheet music out, she never actually looked at it. But then wisdom has marked Hahn's career from the beginning: witness the acclaim and awards she has collected (including the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant at age 15!) and the readily available CD recordings she has made for Sony. Describing Hahn's playing is easy. There were no errors. Every note was perfectly on pitch, although oneonly onelanded just under its true center. However, such left-hand perfection, while rare enough, doesn't really take account of vibrato, which, by definition, moves to either side of pitch center and functions at the service of expressiveness. In this realm, Hahn possesses a remarkable variety. To melt emotions, she favors a technique that pulls vibrato from the strings. To underscore moments of virtuosity she pushes it. Her right hand wields an artist's brush, painting tone colors across the palette of her 1863 Villaume.

53. INKPOT: SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - 18 November 2000 hilary hahn is definitely no ordinary violinist, but one with a great sense ofindividuality and musical sense. Barely past her teens, her performance on http://inkpot.com/concert/sso001118.html

Saturday 18 November 2000 Victoria Concert Hall MASTERS SERIES Hilary Hahn Plays Shostakovich Alexander BORODIN Overture to Prince Igor Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.77 Jean SIBELIUS Symphony No.5 in E-flat major, op.82 Hilary HAHN violin SHUI Lan conductor NOISE RATING INDEX: 3 (If you MUST crinkle plastic for any reason, do it QUICKLY and IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT TRY to do it slowly in a futile attempt to keep quiet - you WILL inevitably fail and create even more noise over a longer period of time). The Noise Rating Index is a partially-objective measurement of pager and handphone blasts, 9pm and 10pm watch beeps, coughing-during-the-pianissimo-bits, intra-audience conversation and other mind-bogglingly inept noises emitted in the concert hall during actual performance of music. It is measured on a scale of to 5, in increasing annoyance. This review has been kindly sponsored by the Singapore Symphonia Co. Ltd

54. GRAMMY.com hilary hahn Is A Classical Music Veteran At 23 violinist marked her firstperformance at 14 and won a GRAMMY at 23. GRAMMY.com http://www.grammy.com/features/2003/1015_hilaryhahn.aspx

Music Stars Look Best At Fashion Rocks Internet Weaves Web Of Spontaneity Shelby Lynne Gets Personal On New Album Animation, Comics An Outlet For Rockers GRAMMY Magazine - October 13, 2003 Hilary Hahn Is A Classical Music Veteran At 23 Violinist marked her first performance at 14 and won a GRAMMY at 23 GRAMMY.com J. Poet Hilary Hahn Jack Kerouac's On The Road Hahn made her international concert debut in 1995 at the age of 14 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; she got her first GRAMMY nod at the age of 19 for her recording of the Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and won in 2002 for her performance of the Brahms and Stravinsky concertos with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. "It's a super distinction. It was delivered to my parent's home and when my mom got her hands on [the GRAMMY] she didn't want to let it go." Hahn started violin lessons when she was four, almost by accident. "My dad and I were taking a walk and talking about music. When we looked up we saw a sign that said 'Music lessons for children.' We went into the building and I sat in on a lesson. I heard a little boy play 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' on violin — I told my father that's what I wanted to do. I was lucky in finding Klara Berkovich, who was a challenging teacher, and [it was helpful] having supportive parents." Wasn't holding the violin difficult for a child? "You start with a tiny violin, one that's proportional to your size. They make them in 32nd and you slowly move up to 16th size, quarter-sized, half-sized. I've been playing full-sized violins since I was 11."

55. WNYC - Evening Music With David Garland: Hilary Hahn (December 02, 2004) hilary hahn. Thursday, December 02, 2004. Only twentyfour, violinist hilary hahnis almost everyone’s favorite young artist. What’s not to love? http://www.wnyc.org/shows/eveningmusic_w/episodes/12022004

var clickURL="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/eveningmusic_w/episodes/12022004"; var clickTitle="Evening Music with David Garland: Hilary Hahn (December 02, 2004)"; Fed Funding Update Listen Online Now Windows Evening Music with Margaret Juntwait Windows BBC World Service Audio Help Schedules Podcasting Search WNYC.org Evening Music with David Garland Hilary Hahn (Kasskara /Courtesy of Deutsche Gramophone ) Hilary Hahn Thursday, December 02, 2004 Only twenty-four, violinist Hilary Hahn is almost everyone’s favorite young artist. What’s not to love? Hear her here and/or hear her live at Lincoln Center, but hear her you must! Haydn’s Divertimento for Two Horns and String Quartet in D, Hob. II:22, is full of virtuosic and idiomatic writing for French horns, and is as witty as one could wish (a Haydn trademark). Javier Bonet-Manrique and Ab Koster both play natural horns as they join the other L’Archibudelli members in this authentic-instruments performance. Neeme Järvi conducts the Scottish National Orchestra in Dvorák’s “Symphonic Variations.” Thus endeth our first hour. In our second hour, Hilary Hahn will be the featured soloist as we bring you a work from her latest recording, Elgar’s Violin Concerto, Sir Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony. You’ll love it! She’s can be heard playing that very concerto with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fischer on

56. WNYC - New York Public Radio See what s in my Survival Kit, hilary hahn Listen hilary hahn considers her lifepretty normal, even though she has been a professional violinist since the http://www.wnyc.org/legacy/shows/survivalkit/hahn050502.html

Fed Funding Update Listen Online Now Windows Evening Music with Margaret Juntwait Windows BBC World Service Audio Help Schedules Podcasting Search WNYC.org See what's in my Survival Kit Hilary Hahn Listen Hilary Hahn considers her life pretty normal, even though she has been a professional violinist since the age of 10, and she signed an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical when she was 16. Now in her early twenties, she tours extensively, has played with all the major orchestras and has commissioned works for violin. And like any normal person, she sends postcards; electronic ones to her website from the venues of her concerts while on tour, describing her experiences for her fans. Now I’ve asked her to send me a postcard, from a remote hideaway, with her selections for her cultural survival kit. What's in your Survival Kit? Tell us...on Lopate's Place Next....

57. I'll String Along With Hilary Hahn...Anytime The second was a recital last week by the young American violinist hilary hahn . hilary hahn Plays Bach (SONY), Brahms and Stravinsky Violin Concertos http://homepage.mac.com/nnash/iblog/C2057747571/E545654157/

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58. The Springfield Symphony Orchestra : In Tune : Winter 2004 Grammy Award winning violinist hilary hahn will be coming to town on Tuesday,January 13 at 730 PM in the Clark State Community College Performing Arts http://www.springfieldsym.org/intune04wi.html

Hilary Hahn Performs in a Salute to the SSO! Springfield would love to call her their own, and maybe through familial lineage they can. Grammy Award winning violinist Hilary Hahn will be coming to town on Tuesday, January 13 at 7:30 PM in the Clark State Community College Performing Arts Center, Kuss Auditorium. She will perform with the SYS and the SSO in memory of her grandmother, Springfield native Martha Hahn, a dedicated member of the Women's Association of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (WASSO). Hilary will delight the audience by performing a stirring rendition of Bruch's Violin Concerto No.1, op.26 in g minor. Proceeds raised from her performance will benefit WASSO and the Clark County Literacy Coalition. The young musician, known for her purity and precision, performs around the globe with such prestigious groups as the London Symphony Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony, as well as, the symphony orchestras of Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Montreal, Toronto and Hong Kong. Ms. Hahn began lessons at the age of three and eight years later made her debut performance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In 1996, Ms. Hahn completed the requirements for a Bachelor of Music degree from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music and went on to sign an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical. She released five award-winning albums with Sony, including her Billboard Classical Charts bestseller Solo Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach recording. In 2001, she received a Grammy Award for her concertos recordings of Brahms and Stravinsky. Recently, Ms. Hahn signed with Deutsche Grammophon and released her first album on that label in September 2003.

59. The National Concert Hall | What's On / NSO Season hilary hahn Violin Natalie Zhu Piano. The sensational violinist, hilary hahnmakes a welcome return to the National Concert Hall, after her outstanding http://www.nch.ie/whatson/default.asp?dtChange=1&mth=10&yr=2004&day=20

60. Bronson Piano Studio xx/xx/99, violinist hilary hahn Pianist Natalie Zhu, Carmel Music Society After hearing violinist hilary hahn last night at Sunset Center in Carmel, http://www.bronsonpianostudio.com/reviews/111699r1.htm

Reviews of Musical Events on the Monterey Peninsula Lyn Bronson, Editor P.O. Box 1801 Carmel, CA 93921 Phone: (831) 624-7971 Fax: (831) 625-3717 E-mail: LBronson@redshift.com http://www.BronsonPianoStudio.com/reviews.htm Date Review Organization xx/xx/99 Carmel Music Society By 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.

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