Born on November 27, 1979 in Lexington, Virginia, USA.
In 1983, he moved to Baltimore when he was three years old. One month before his fourth birthday, he played violin at a local children's training center.
In 1985, when he was five years old, he began five years of violin study with Clara Berkovich. Berkovich, a native of Odessa, studied and taught music for 25 years in Leningrad before moving to Baltimore.
The first full recital was held in February 1990 at Regin Concert Hall in Baltimore. At the age of ten, he entered the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and studied with 83-year-old Jascha Brodsky. Mr. Brodsky was the last living student of Eugene Isay. He made his first radio appearance on a classical program on WFLN-FM in Philadelphia.
In 1991, he collaborated with a professional orchestra for the first time at the age of eleven and got his first adult violin. Played with big band for the first time in December, performing with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. First TV interview.
In 1992, he began full-time undergraduate studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, studying music, humanities, and foreign languages.
In 1993, he performed for the first time with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Performed for the first time in Europe with the Hungarian Budapest Festival Orchestra. Made its European chamber music debut at the Sully-sur-Loire Music Festival in France. By chance, I came across a violin made by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume in 1864. I loved it so much that I quickly bought it.
In 1994, he performed with other famous orchestras in the United States, including the Cleveland, New York Philharmonic and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
In 1995, at the age of 15, he performed for the first time in Munich, Germany. Lorin Maazel conducted the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra to perform Beethoven's Violin Concerto and it was broadcast on television. The next three years were devoted to touring Europe with Maazel and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. For the first time in the summer, he participated in the Marlboro Music Festival in Wymont, USA, where he studied and performed chamber music.
In 1996, he recorded Bach sonatas and partitas for the first time and won the Diapason d'Or award. First performance at Carnegie Hall with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Premiered at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performed Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos in New York with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
When her mentor Mr. Brodsky passed away at the age of 89 in 1997, Hillary Clinton was touring in California. Premiered in Paris in October.
In January 1998, he collaborated with the orchestra for the first time in Paris, playing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1, with Janowitz conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France. Beethoven's Violin Concerto and Bernstein's Serenade with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Kingman were nominated for a Grammy and won the Diapason d'Or. A few months later, he won the Echo Classical Award. He toured with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna, London, Zurich and other places.
Graduated from Curtis Institute of Music in 1999 with a student degree. For the first time, he performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. to Australia for a five-week tour. Performed and recorded the violin concerto composed for her by Edgar Meyer.
The recording of the Barber and Meyer concertos recorded in 2000 and 1999 won the German Music Critics Award and the Cannes Classical Award. First appearance at the BBC Proms and last night at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Touring Japan with the Berlin Philharmonic. Was invited to perform with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time.
In 2001, he toured North America with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. Touring around the world in the fall. Performed with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the French National Orchestra for the first time.
In 2002, he signed an exclusive contract with DG and made his first recording in DG. The program included Bach's four concertos and he collaborated with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Cahan. First solo concert at Carnegie Hall and Vienna Philharmonic Hall. Tour around the world. Recordings of Brahms and Stravinsky won the Monde de la musique's Choc Award.
In 2003, he toured North America with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. A four-week European tour with the San Francisco Symphony. Additionally, there were premieres in Lisbon and Barcelona, ??and with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Bach concertos released in August. Her second DG record will be recorded in London. The program includes Elgar's Violin Concerto and Vaughan Williams's Soaring Skylark, with Colin Davis conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. Getting closer to Hilary Hahn
For many classical music fans, they are used to seeing old men on record covers and on stage, but suddenly a beautiful girl with brown hair and blue eyes appears, no matter the piano sound or the Her appearance was impressive, which was very eye-catching at the time; but today, Hilary Hahn, who is over 30 years old, is more and more charming, and her piano sound is more and more unique with her personal label< /p>
Unexpectedly, I met my former idol like this. Hilary Hahn, wearing a light yellow dress, was still stunned for a moment when she walked out from the side of the stage. On stage, Hahn wears a professional smile, is elegant and refined, and has the temperament of a mature musician in his every move.
She collaborated with the British Chamber Orchestra to present Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, which is the most complex and profound of Mozart’s violin works. My first impression of Hahn's performance of Mozart came from a recording of Mozart's violin sonatas a few years ago with long-time alumna and collaborator Natalie Chu. Hahn's playing style is very different from my understanding of Mozart's works. In my opinion, Mozart's violin works should best represent the style of the Viennese classical music school: delicate soft accents, smart and jumping rhythms, precise use of bow sections, rich vibrato and dynamic control. Hahn's performance style is more direct and open and close. This is not to say that her music lacks delicate emotions, but her way of expressing musical phrases is too direct, which inevitably greatly reduces the Viennese luxury and elegance. Of course, stylistic preferences aside, Hahn's technical prowess, perfect timbre, and ease of breathing are indeed a Mozart rarely heard on the concert stage.
If Hahn’s interpretation of Mozart can only be justified, then her encore performance of the Allemanda from Bach’s Unaccompanied Violin Suite No. 1 (B minor, BWV1002) is completely surprising. I fell in love with her music. "Allemande" means "German" in French, and the Allemande dance is also a kind of folk dance music that originated in Germany. Compared with many of Bach's unaccompanied movements that are dominated by polyphonic textures, This dance music with a monophonic melody is not technically complex, but its numerous outline-like phrases place higher demands on the soloist's musical literacy. It is difficult for the young Hahn to compete with the master in music, but she makes up for the lack of accumulation with her unique timbre. Before listening to this concert, I had always been amazed by the timbre in her records. That kind of rich, delicate and tense voice has never been seen in other people's recordings. I even doubted that this timbre was an omnipotent recording. "Tailor-made" by the master. But when I heard such a sound at the scene, I could only marvel at it. Her right hand is not only unique, it is simply miraculous: the explosive but extremely light string pressing can not only create such exquisite sounds, but also combine the changes in timbre with the transformation of parts, so Bach unaccompanied The lines in the music have never sounded so clear. This is the first time I have been so close to the essence of Bach's music live. After the song ended, I didn't wake up for a long time. It wasn't until she came out for the last curtain call that I gave my applause to this artist who shocked me so much.