Thursday, 7 July, 2022 - 15:00American virtuoso violinist Hilary Hahn returns to Aotearoa for the first time in more than a decade to perform three extraordinary works with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in August. Hailed "a virtuoso with a 21st-century sensibility" by Time magazine, Hahn performs with leading orchestras, is a prolific recording artist, and a champion of breaking down traditional barriers to classical performances. In the NZSO’s Truth and Beauty concerts in Wellington and Auckland, Hahn performs Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. For her performance of Brahms’ Violin Concerto in Style and Substance in Wellington, Hahn says his masterpiece is a unique combination of "brute force and gentle emotion". French composer Ernest Chausson’s Poème, which Hahn performs in Love Triumphant in Wellington, is a favourite of the musician.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 07, 2022 08:20 UTC