Hilary Hahn

Three-time Grammy Award–winning violinist Hilary Hahn melds expressive musicality and technical expertise with a diverse repertoire guided by artistic curiosity. She is known for performing music ranging from solo Bach and the classical repertoire to today’s major composers; she has personally championed works by more than 40 living composers. Hahn’s wide repertoire is reflected in her 23 feature recordings, which have all opened in the top ten of the Billboard charts. Recent releases include Night After Night, a collection of James Newton Howard’s scores for the films of M. Night Shyamalan, and a Gramophone Award–winning recording of Ysaÿe’s six sonatas for solo violin.

Hahn studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, and holds honorary doctorates from Curtis, Middlebury College, and Ball State University. In recent seasons she has received the Avery Fisher Prize, was named Musical America’s Artist of the Year, and received the Herbert von Karajan and Glasshütte Original Music Festival Awards, the latter of which she donated to the Philadelphia music education nonprofit Project 440.