Students from Friend's International Violin Academy perform in a masterclass setting for international soloist Augustin Hadelich (observer tickets available)
Winner of the Gold Medal at the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Augustin Hadelich was also the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in the UK, the inaugural Warner Music Prize, as well as an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter in the UK.
Augustin Hadelich is one of the great violinists of our time. Often referred to by colleagues as a 'musician's musician', he was named Musical America’s 2018 'Instrumentalist of the Year'.
In enormous demand as a soloist, Hadelich will appeared with over 25 North American orchestras in the 2019/2020 season, including the symphony orchestras of Boston, Cleveland, New York, Montréal, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Houston, Oregon, Seattle, Toronto, and numerous others. International highlights of the season included performances with the Philharmonia Orchestra (London), NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Hamburg), Danish National Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, to name a few. He is also a frequent guest artist with major orchestras in the Far East, South America, Mexico, New Zealand, and Australia.
Winner of a 2016 Grammy Award for his recording of Dutilleux’s Violin Concerto, L’Arbre des songes, with the Seattle Symphony under Ludovic Morlot (Seattle Symphony Media), Hadelich recently signed to Warner Classics, releasing first Paganini’s 24 Caprices followed by the Brahms Concerto (with Mr. Hadelich's own cadenza) and the Ligeti Concerto (with cadenza composed by Thomas Adès). A new recording Bohemian Tales, to be released this fall, will include his performance of the Dvorák Violin Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hruša.
Our FIVA Masterclass series will be presented by an incredible line up of Internationally renowned violinists including: Pinchas Zukerman, Rodney Friend, Augustin Hadelich, Cihat Askin, Cho-Liang Lin, Joel Smirnoff and Yuzuko Horigome. Friend's International Violin Academy / Masterclass Series (30th July-5th August 2020)