All Hilary Hahn articles
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VideoHilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 aged 18
The then-18-year-old American violinist Hilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 with the Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Lorin Maazel in Munich in 1998. Read: How I warm up: Hilary Hahn Read: Hilary Hahn: ‘I find that speaking, thinking and sharing ideas is integral to the ...
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How I warm up: Hilary Hahn
The American violinist explains why she no longer warms up with etudes, scales and technical exercises
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Hilary Hahn: ‘I find that speaking, thinking and sharing ideas is integral to the experience of being in France’
To tie in with the recent release of her new disc, ’Paris’, the violinist speaks to us about the ideas behind it, and her long experience of working in Paris
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Hilary Hahn premieres ‘out of body’ by composer David Lang using AI software
The work is part of the DeepMusic.ai project which bridges the gap between culture and AI technology to find a common language
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Hilary Hahn’s two-year-old tells her to ‘practise slow’
Hilary Hahn receives practice instruction from her two-year-old. Watch: Musical pictionary with Hilary Hahn Watch: Violinist Hilary Hahn performing at the age of 10 Watch: Hilary Hahn plays the Sibelius Violin Concerto with no accompaniment
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Violinist Hilary Hahn performing at the age of 10
In this short clip violinist Hilary Hahn demonstrates artistry well beyond her years at the age of 10. Read: Advice I’d give my younger self: violinist Hilary Hahn Watch: Hilary Hahn plays Sibelius aged 16
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Hilary Hahn singing and playing violin
A short clip of the American violinist accompanying herself on the violin by singing. Read: Hilary Hahn begins year-long sabbatical Read: Advice I’d give my younger self: violinist Hilary Hahn
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Advice I'd give my younger self: violinist Hilary Hahn
Identify your own instincts and find ways to bring those ideas across effectively, says the American musician
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Hilary Hahn performs Bach’s Solo Violin Partita no.1 - Courante Double
Hilary Hahn performs the Courante Double (Presto) from Bach’s Solo Partita for Violin no.1 in B Minor, BWV1002. The video was recorded as part of the launch of Hahn’s Bach Solo Sonatas and Partia album, released on Decca in 2018, and reviewed by The Strad . Watch: Hilary Hahn ...
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Great Violinists of the 20th Century
Itzhak Perlman on Jascha Heifetz, Hilary Hahn on David Oistrakh, Ida Haendel on Yehudi Menuhin and more: this 2001 film by Bruno Monsaingeon pulls together archive footage and interviews with great violinists of the 20th century.
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What do violinists Sarah Chang and Hilary Hahn keep in their instrument cases?
Ever wondered what players keep in their instrument cases, apart from their Strads? We talk to some well-known performers to discover the secrets they hold
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Hilary Hahn plays Brahms’s Violin Concerto
The violinist performs Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77, with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi.
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Hilary Hahn donates $25,000 award to music education charity
Violinist makes Project 440 in Philadelphia beneficiary of her 2014 Glashütte prize from the Dresden Music Festival
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Hilary Hahn begins year-long sabbatical
The violinist has taken a year off with no particular plans, but has a full season booked in 2020-21
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Hilary Hahn gives her first live Instagram performance for UNICEF
During a strike across Radio France in June, in which her concert with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France was cancelled, Hilary Hahn performed Prokofiev’s 1st Violin Concerto live on Instagram instead, without orchestral accompaniment, raising money for UNICEF.
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Hilary Hahn plays Sibelius aged 16
A look back to 1996, when a 16-year-old Hilary Hahn performed Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with conductor Lorin Maazel and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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7 tips on motivating yourself to practise
7 different string players share their wisdom on maintaining motivation - as featured over the last 10 years in The Strad
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Hilary Hahn gives masterclass on her new album
On 17th May, Hilary Hahn releases her new album: 6 partitas specially written for the violinist by the Spanish composer Antón García Abril. And for each piece on the new album Hahn has prepared a masterclass video for players and listeners alike, to share insider knowledge on interpreting, expressing, and ...
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Hilary Hahn on Sibelius's Violin Concerto
Ahead of her performance of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Hilary Hahn explains what the piece means to her.
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Hilary Hahn plays Bach in 1997
In this video from 1997 (first 21 minutes), the 17-year-old violinist performs Bach and gives an interview in which, amongst other things, she admits to knowing about 27 concertos off by heart.
