Hilary Hahn

Hilary Hahn is an American violinist known for performances and recordings spanning Baroque, Romantic, and contemporary classical music.

Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin: Johann Sebastian Bach’s six unaccompanied works for violin, comprising three sonatas and three partitas. Hahn has recorded Bach’s complete cycle twice, making it a defining thread in her discography.
Jennifer Higdon: An American composer whose works include a Pulitzer Prize-winning violin concerto written for Hilary Hahn. Their collaboration produced a major new concerto and further chamber music.
Violin concerto: A composition for solo violin and orchestra, typically structured to feature the soloist in dialogue with the ensemble. Concertos form a central part of Hahn’s recorded repertoire.
Pulitzer Prize for Music: An annual American award recognizing distinguished musical composition. Jennifer Higdon’s concerto for Hahn received the prize in 2010.
Violin Concerto (Sibelius): Jean Sibelius’s only concerto, a virtuosic work for violin and orchestra completed in 1904 and revised in 1905. Her recording with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra earned a Grammy Award.
Esa-Pekka Salonen: A Finnish conductor and composer known for leading orchestras and championing contemporary music. Salonen conducted Hahn’s acclaimed recording of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto.
Solo violin: Instrumental music written for violin without accompaniment. Bach’s solo works are among Hahn’s best-known recordings.
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance: A Grammy category recognizing recordings featuring an instrumental soloist with orchestra. Hahn has won the award for concerto recordings, including her Sibelius album.
Violin Concerto (Jennifer Higdon): Jennifer Higdon’s 2008 concerto for violin and orchestra, written for Hilary Hahn. Hahn premiered the concerto, which won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Vladimir Ashkenazy: A Russian-born pianist and conductor whose career includes solo performance, chamber music, and orchestral leadership. He conducted Hahn in her early recording of Beethoven and Bernstein violin concertos.

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Partita for Violin No. 2Related: Her recorded interpretations provide a modern example of the partita’s performance tradition.