Viviane Hagner appears in the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Ensemble Tour to Amsterdam, London and Eindhoven 2-6 May 2012.

Munich-born violinist Viviane Hagner has won exceptional praise for her highly intelligent musicality and passionate artistry.  She performs with the world’s great orchestras and as a committed chamber musician regularly appears at international festivals and venues.   Typical comments from critics include ‘poise and magnificent assurance’ (The Times) and ‘a spine chilling recital, an almost hauntingly masterful display of technique and artistry’ (Washington Post).  As well as bringing insight and virtuosity to central repertoire, Viviane Hagner is an ardent advocate of new, neglected and undiscovered music. In 2002, she gave the world premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Violin Concerto with Kent Nagano, which she has now recorded for the Canadian company Analekta and this season performs with Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Royal Festival Hall.  She received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2004.  This season also includes a performance at Carnegie Hall and a concert tour in North America with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, appearances with the National Arts Center Orchestra and Pinchas Zukerman in Ottawa, numerous concerts in Germany with orchestras such as the Gürzernich-Orchester Köln and MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig and chamber recitals at Frankfurt Alte Oper, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Her performances of Vieuxtemps Violin Concerti 4 & 5 are available on the Hyperion label and her first recital recording features solo works by Bartók, Hartmann and Bach.  Viviane Hagner plays the Sasserno Stradivarius made in 1717, generously loaned to her by the Nippon Music Foundation.

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BBT Project: Ciaccona, Bach, Bartok, Hartmann CD on Altara

"...though obviously a splendid violinist, it's her musicianship and emotional involvement that continually stand out"
Gramophone May 2007

"Technically faultless and consistently interesting, this is an extraordinary recital"
Independent on Sunday March 2007

• CD for Altara Records
• Help towards purchasing a new bow
• European PR
• Co-commissioning new pieces for second Altara CD from Detlev Glanert
• Participation in BBT tour in 2012

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