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Augustin Hadelich
Augustin Hadelich is recognised as one of the foremost violinists of our time. Renowned for his ravishing tone, dazzling technique and deeply compelling interpretations, he captivates audiences and critics alike. He tours extensively across the globe and is a frequent guest with major orchestras, prestigious concert series and international festivals.
In summer 2026, Hadelich appears at some of North America's most prominent festivals, including Tanglewood, Aspen, the Ravinia Festival, Bravo! Vail and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. He then takes centre stage as “artiste étoile” of the Lucerne Festival, with a residency spanning several concerts in different formats. He also returns to the Salzburg Festival, where he performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic under Christian Thielemann. A tour with the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko takes him to Lucerne, Edinburgh and the BBC Proms in London, followed by a European tour with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck. The concerts in Hamburg and Vienna also mark the start of his residencies at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Wiener Konzerthaus, which showcase the many facets of Hadelich as an artist through a range of concert formats.
Since February 2026, Augustin Hadelich has been Artistic Partner of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. In January 2027, at the Salzburg Mozartwoche, he and the orchestra embark on a multi-year cycle of Mozart's violin concertos, comprising both concerts and live recordings.
Further highlights of the 2026/27 season include his concert with the Berlin Philharmonic under Daniel Harding at the Berlin Waldbühne in June 2027. Hadelich also appears worldwide with leading orchestras, including the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra and the NHK Symphony Orchestra. Solo recitals in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as a duo tour with Seong-Jin Cho, round off the season.
Hadelich's discography documents his stylistic versatility and spans large parts of the violin repertoire. His recording of Dutilleux's Violin Concerto "L'Arbre des songes" earned him a GRAMMY Award in 2016. Since 2018, his recordings have been released on Warner Classics, among them Paganini's 24 Caprices, the violin concertos of Brahms and Ligeti, "Bohemian Tales" with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, and "Recuerdos", featuring works by Britten, Prokofiev and Sarasate. His most recent album, "American Roadtrip" (2024) recorded with pianist Orion Weiss, is a musical journey through American musical culture from jazz and blues to Romanticism and the avant-garde. It received an OPUS KLASSIK in 2025.
Augustin Hadelich, now a dual U.S.-German citizen, was born in Italy to German parents. He studied with Joel Smirnoff at the Juilliard School in New York and won the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 2006. He has been a member of the faculty at the Yale School of Music since 2021. He plays the 1744 Guarneri del Gesù "Leduc, ex Szeryng", on loan from the Tarisio Trust.
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"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
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09.10.2026The Orpheum VancouverVancouverLearn more
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