Consistently cited in the press for his “gorgeous tone” (New York Times), “poetic communication” (Washington Post) and “fast-fingered brilliance” (The New Yorker), Augustin Hadelich has catapulted into the top echelon of young violinists. Recent performance highlights include debuts with the Symphonies of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Houston, Phoenix, Seattle, Utah and Vancouver, as well as re-engagements with the Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic. Debuts during the current season include the Netherlands Philharmonic (at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw), RTE National Symphony Orchestra Dublin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, San Diego Symphony, the Aspen Chamber Symphony and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, as well as a tour of Brazil with the São Paulo State Symphony under Yan Pascal Tortelier. Augustin Hadelich has recorded two CDs for Naxos: Haydn’s complete violin concerti with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, and Telemann’s complete Fantasies for Solo Violin. For AVIE, a CD of masterworks for solo violin (including the Bartók solo sonata) was released in October 2009. A second disc for AVIE, Echoes of Paris, was released in March 2011 with pianist Robert Kulek. Also an enthusiastic recitalist, he has appeared at The Frick Collection (New York), Kennedy Center, the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, Kioi Hall (Tokyo), the Louvre, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and the Vancouver Recital Society, to name a few. Awarded a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in 2011, Augustin Hadelich is also the 2006 Gold medalist of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis and winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2009.
Photograph taken by Rosalie O'Connor