Soloist

Augustin Hadelich

Violin

Biography – about the artist.

Augustin Hadelich is one of the great violinists of our time. Known for his phenomenal technique, insightful and persuasive interpretations, and ravishing tone, he appears extensively around the world’s foremost concert stages. He has performed with all the major American orchestras as well as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Concertgebouworkest, London Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, and many other eminent ensembles.

In the 2023 summer festival season, Augustin Hadelich is giving concerts at the BBC Proms, in Aspen, La Jolla, Verbier, Tsinandali, Bucharest and in Salzburg. At the Salzburger Festspiele he makes his much-anticipated debut with the Wiener Philharmoniker. Another highlight includes his residency at the Konzerthaus Berlin, where he explores various concert formats. For the 2023/24 season opening, Hadelich performs the German premiere of Donnacha Dennehy's Violin Concerto, composed for him, together with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin as part of the Musikfest Berlin. He is soloist at the season opening concerts of the Orchestre National de France and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Important debuts take him to Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and the NDR Radiophilharmonie. Further invitations include the Barcelona Symphony, Danish National Symphony and Finnish Radio Symphony orchestras, the Netherlands Philharmonic and Brussels Philharmonic orchestras, Philharmonia Zürich and Tonkünstler-Orchester. In North America he plays with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, as well as the symphony orchestras in San Francisco, St. Louis, San Diego, Houston, Indianapolis, New Jersey, and Vancouver. In Asia, he is a guest with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Taiwan Philharmonic and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestras. Besides his orchestra’s engagements, he gives solo recitals in Italy, Germany, and the USA.


Hadelich's catalogue of recordings covers a wide range of the violin literature. In 2016, he received a GRAMMY Award “Best Classical Instrumental Solo” for his recording of Dutilleux's violin concerto "L'Arbre des songes". A recording of Paganini's 24 Caprices was released by Warner Classics in 2018. This was followed in 2019 by the Brahms and Ligeti concertos, his second album as an exclusive artist for the label. He received an Opus Klassik Award in 2021 for his recording "Bohemian Tales" with Dvořák's violin concerto, recorded with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. His recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas was also enthusiastically received by the press and nominated for a GRAMMY. In his latest recording, "Recuerdos", he devotes himself to works by Britten, Prokofiev and Sarasate, together with the WDR Sinfonieorchester.

Augustin Hadelich, a dual American-German citizen born in Italy to German parents, studied with Joel Smirnoff at New York's Juilliard School. He achieved a major career breakthrough in 2006 by winning the International Violin Competition in Indianapolis. His accomplishments continued with the prestigious "Avery Fisher Career Grant" in 2009, a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in 2011, an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter (UK) in December 2017, and being named "Instrumentalist of the Year" by "Musical America" in 2018.

In June 2021 Augustin Hadelich was appointed Professor in the Practice of Violin to the faculty of the Yale School of Music. He plays a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù from 1744, known as "Leduc, ex Szeryng", on loan from the Tarisio Trust.

SEASON 2023/2024


Orchestra.

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

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Mozarteumorchester Salzburg

Augustin Hadelich is one of the great violinists of our time. Known for his phenomenal technique, insightful and persuasive interpretations and ravishing tone, he tours extensively around the world.
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Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Violinist Augustin Hadelich on debut tour with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

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The next dates:

17.05.2024

Musiikkitalo

Helsinki

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20.05.2024

Teatro Verdi Trieste

Trieste

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22.05.2024

Konzerthaus Berlin

Berlin

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24.05.2024

Konzerthaus Berlin

Berlin

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25.05.2024

Konzerthaus Berlin

Berlin

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28.05.2024

Müpa Budapest

Budapest

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01.06.2024

Kölner Philharmonie

Köln

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03.06.2024

Congress Graz

Graz

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04.06.2024

Congress Graz

Graz

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06.06.2024

Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg

Nürnberg

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07.06.2024

Congress Center Rosengarten

Mannheim

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10.06.2024

Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall

Yerevan

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14.06.2024

Bradley Symphony Center

Milwaukee

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15.06.2024

Bradley Symphony Center

Milwaukee

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18.06.2024

Carnegie Hall Corp.

New York

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27.06.2024

Grand Teton Music Festival

Jackson

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28.06.2024

Grand Teton Music Festival

Jackson

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29.06.2024

Grand Teton Music Festival

Jackson

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General Management:

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North America:

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Artist Coordination:

Henriette von Schnakenburg

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Artist Coordination North America:

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Artist Coordination:

Henriette von Schnakenburg

+49 30 5213 702-22

henriette.vonschnakenburg@kdschmid.de

Artist Coordination North America:

Thaer Eid

+49 511 36607-76

thaer.eid@kdschmid.de

Discography.

Recuerdos

WDR Sinfonieorchester, Christian Măcelaru

08.2022, Warner Classics, CD

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Bach

Sonatas & Partitas

04.2021, Warner Classics, CD

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Bohemian Tales

Dvořák, Suk, Janáček

07.2020, Warner Classics, CD

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Brahms, Ligeti: Violin Concertos

Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya

04.2019, Warner Classics, CD

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Paganini

24 Caprices

01.2018, Warner Classics, CD

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News.

Augustin Hadelich on tour in South Korea and Taiwan

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Augustin Hadelich performs in Berlin

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Augustin Hadelich makes his debut with the Staatskapelle Dresden

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Augustin Hadelich makes his debut with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

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Augustin Hadelich with solo recital in Berlin

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Augustin Hadelich returns to The Cleveland Orchestra

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Augustin Hadelich plays recitals in North America

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Augustin Hadelich at the season opening of the Czech Philharmonic

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Augustin Hadelich at the season opening of the Orchestre National de France

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Augustin Hadelich makes his debut at Musikfest Berlin

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Augustin Hadelich at the BBC Proms

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BBC Proms debut for Martin Helmchen

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Augustin Hadelich debuts with the Wiener Philharmonikern

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Debut appearance at Musikfest Hamburg

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Memories of war and peace: violinist Augustin Hadelich presents his album RECUERDOS

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Press.

„Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in the first half of the concert was exquisitely performed by Augustin Hadelich. His playing had great naturalness – nothing felt forced, never did it seem like he was in competition with the orchestra. His cadenza unfurled poetically, the double-stopping never gruff.“

Bachtrack, Mark Pullinger, 22.10.2022

„Hadelich plays with outstanding power of expression and great mastery, without ever smoothing over the score’s intentional roughness. With his carefully crafted tone he is able to espouse all Ligeti’s musical masks and provocations with great vigour. Thomas Adès’ cadenza drives Hadelich well and truly to the top of the circus tent. Magnificent!“

Süddeutsche Zeitung, Harald Eggebrecht, 22.06.2019

„Augustin Hadelich demonstrates a phenomenal style of violin playing. Incisive and full of temperament, with rubati both sensible and sensitive.“

Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR Kultur, Philipp Cavert, 03.05.2019

„Augustin Hadelich is one of the best violinists in the world.“

Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag, Christian Berzins, 24.03.2019

„The essence of Hadelich’s playing is beauty: reveling in the myriad ways of making a phrase come alive on the violin, delivering the musical message with no technical impediments whatsoever, and thereby revealing something from a plane beyond ours.“

The Washington Post, Robert Battey, 08.12.2011