1. Hilary Hahn was born on November 27,1979 and is an American violinist.
24 Facts About Hilary Hahn
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Hilary Hahn is an avid supporter of contemporary classical music, and several composers have written works for her, including concerti by Edgar Meyer and Jennifer Higdon, partitas by Anton Garcia Abril, two serenades for violin and orchestra by Einojuhani Rautavaara, and a violin and piano sonata by Lera Auerbach.
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Hilary Hahn's father, Steve Hahn, was a journalist and librarian; her paternal great-grandmother was from Bad Durkheim in Germany.
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Hilary Hahn studied using the Suzuki method until age five before studying in Baltimore under Klara Berkovich from 1985 to 1990.
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Hilary Hahn learned the etudes of Kreutzer, Sevcik, Gavinies and Rode, Paganini's Caprices, 28 violin concertos, and chamber works and assorted showpieces.
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Hilary Hahn spent four summers in the total-immersion language programs in German, French, and Japanese at Middlebury College.
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On December 21,1991, at age 12, Hilary Hahn made her major orchestral debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
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Hilary Hahn made her international debut in 1994 performing the Bernstein Serenade in Hungary with Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
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Hilary Hahn has released 16 albums on the Deutsche Grammophon and Sony labels, three DVDs, an Oscar-nominated movie soundtrack, an award-winning recording for children, and various compilations.
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Hilary Hahn's albums include pairings of Beethoven with Bernstein, Schoenberg with Sibelius, Brahms with Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky with Jennifer Higdon.
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Hilary Hahn has played with orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
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Hilary Hahn has been interested in cross-genre collaboration and pushing musical boundaries.
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Hilary Hahn began performing and touring in crossover duos with singer-songwriter Josh Ritter in 2007 and with singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau in 2005.
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In June 2014, Hilary Hahn was awarded the of the Dresden Music Festival.
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Hilary Hahn later recorded the piece with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra.
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Hilary Hahn commissioned 26 contemporary composers to write short encore pieces for In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
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Hilary Hahn forged a relationship with Garcia Abril during In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
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Hilary Hahn's recording of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto was used extensively in The Deep Blue Sea, starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston.
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In 1999 Hilary Hahn said that she played Bach more than any other composer and had played solo Bach pieces every day since she was eight.
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Hilary Hahn's violin is an 1864 copy of Paganini's Cannone made by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume.
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Hilary Hahn uses bows by American bow maker Isaac Salchow.
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Hilary Hahn has acquired a second Vuillaume, an 1865 model loosely based on the 1715 Alard Stradivarius, and has used both in recent years for recording and performing.
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Hilary Hahn decided to participate after receiving a positive reaction to her suggestion that she take part.
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Hilary Hahn enjoyed her first year's experience with the project so much that she decided to continue it on her new website.