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Hilary Hahn

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Hilary Hahn was born in 1979 in the United States and began violin at age three through the Suzuki program at the Peabody Institute, studying with Klara Berkovich before entering the Curtis Institute of Music in 1990, where she trained with Jascha Brodsky and Jaime Laredo. She made her major orchestral debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at age 12 and her Carnegie Hall debut in 1996.

Hahn is a three-time Grammy Award winner and has released 16 albums on Deutsche Grammophon and Sony, becoming a leading champion of new violin repertoire — Jennifer Higdon’s Violin Concerto, written for her, won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music. She was named among the 25 greatest violinists of all time by Classic FM (2022), received the 2024 Avery Fisher Prize, and won Gramophone’s 2024 Recording of the Year for her Ysaÿe Violin Sonatas, cementing her status as one of the preeminent violinists of her generation.

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Violin Concerto, Op. 30: IIIa. Scherzo pianissimo— Alberto Ginastera
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Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, B.108: III. Finale— Antonín Dvořák
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Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25: I. Moderato— Pablo de Sarasate
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19, II. Scherzo: Vivacissimo— Sergei Prokofiev
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Sonata No. 5, IV. Presto, BWV 1001 (Tokyo, 2000)— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Four Sonatas – Sonata No. 4 – 1st mvt., allegro (Official Video)— Charles Ives
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: I. Grave— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: II. Fugato— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: III. Allegretto poco scherzoso— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 1 in G Minor: IV. Finale con brio— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: I. Obsession. Prèlude— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: II. Malinconia— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: III. Danse des Ombres….— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 2 in A Minor: IV. Les furies— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27: Sonata No. 3 in D Minor “Ballade”— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 4 in E Minor: I. Allemande— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 4 in E Minor: II. Sarabande— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 4 in E Minor: III. Finale— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 5 in G Major: I. L’Aurore— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 / Sonata No. 5 in G Major: II. Danse rustique— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Ysaÿe: 6 Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27: Sonata No. 6 in E Major— Eugène Ysaÿe
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo— Johannes Brahms
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio— Johannes Brahms
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace— Johannes Brahms
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Violin Concerto in D Major: I. Toccata— Igor Stravinsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major: II. Aria I— Igor Stravinsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major: III. Aria II— Igor Stravinsky
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Violin Concerto in D Major: IV. Capriccio— Igor Stravinsky
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Ali-Zadeh: Impulse— Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
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Satoh: Bifu— Somei Satoh
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Yun: When a Tiger Meets a Rosa Rugosa— Du Yun
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Lang: Light Moving— David Lang
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Lam: Solitude d’automne— Bun-Ching Lam
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Moravec: Blue Fiddle— Paul Moravec
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García Abril: Third Sigh— Antón García Abril
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Dorman: Memory Games— Avner Dorman
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Del Tredici: Farewell— David Del Tredici
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Bates: Ford’s Farm— Mason Bates
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Rautavaara: Whispering— Einojuhani Rautavaara
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Whitehead: Torua— Gillian Whitehead
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Barrett: Shade— Richard Barrett
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Higdon: Echo Dash— Jennifer Higdon
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Hatzis: Coming to— Christos Hatzis
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Myers: The Angry Birds of Kauai— Jeff Myers
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Turnage: Hilary’s Hoedown— Mark-Anthony Turnage
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Silvestrov: Two Pieces— Valentin Silvestrov
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Ramnath: Aalap and Tarana— Kala Ramnath
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Auerbach: Speak, Memory— Lera Auerbach
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Davidson: Blue Curve of the Earth— Tina Davidson
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Sharp: Storm of the Eye— Elliott Sharp
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Ohshima: Memories— Michiru Oshima
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Muhly: Two Voices— Nico Muhly
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Eichberg: Levitation— Søren Nils Eichberg
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Richter: Mercy— Max Richter
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