Don’t Miss Hilary Hahn At The Apple Store In Santa Monica
Thursday, January 29 at 7pm
1248 Third Street Promenade
See 2008 Gramophone Musician of the Year and Grammy-Award winning violinist Hilary Hahn in an exclusive appearance at the Santa Monica Apple store. Ms. Hahn will give a short performance and discuss her concert and recording career in conversation with KUSC personality Jim Svedja. Her latest Deutsche Grammophon release, Schoenberg & Sibelius Violin Concertos – featuring Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Swedish Radio Orchestra – is currently available on iTunes and was nominated for two 2009 Grammy Awards.
"Hahn and Salonen have so unified an approach to the Schoenberg that it seems imprinted on their DNA. They seem determined to render the most suave, seductive, aurally enticing rendition of the concerto ever recorded.”
-American Record Guide (July/August)
San Francisco Chronicle Reviews Hilary Hahn's Schoenberg-Sibelius Recording:
“Hahn's playing is as ardent as ever, and the Swedish Radio Symphony plays beautifully under Salonen”
David Hurwitz of Classicstoday.com has recently reviewed Hilary Hahn's new recording of the Schoenberg and Sibelius violin concertos: “I don't want to give the misleading impression that on hearing the Schoenberg those resistant to the idiom will suddenly have some sort of 12-tone epiphany…but if it's going to happen at all, this astonishing interpretation offers your best bet. Coupled to a truly characterful and personal view of the Sibelius, this disc ratifies Hahn's standing among the most outstanding violinists active today…10/10”.
Terry Teachout, drama critic for the Wall Street Journal and music critic for Commentary, has recently reviewed Hilary Hahn, Schoenberg/Sibelius Violin Concertos (DGG) on his blog:
"America's best young classical violinist has taken on a real nutcracker this time around: Arnold Schoenberg's 1936 concerto, a finger-twistingly hard piece of twelve-tone neoromanticism that sounds like Brahms gone bonkers. Even if you don't buy Schoenberg's music--which I don't--you'll find this specimen perversely fascinating, and Hahn has taken out a gilt-edged accident insurance policy by coupling it with Sibelius' ever-popular D Minor Concerto. Needless to say, the violin playing is fabulous, and Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra provide immaculate support (TT)."
Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker has said: "For perhaps the first time, Arnold Schoenberg has hit 1 on the Billboard chart (classical), thanks to Hilary Hahn's splendidly expressive account of the Violin Concerto"
