Violin Superstar Augustin Hadelich Performs With The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

By: Nov. 11, 2016
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Superstar violinist Augustin Hadelich joins the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra (HSO) for a spectacular concert weekend led by Maestro Marcelo Lehninger and featuring one of the repertoire's most popular masterworks, Lalo's passionate Symphonie espagnole, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 19 and 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 20 4 p.m. This must-see concert also includes Mozart's Overture to The Magic Flute and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4. Maestro Lehninger makes his HSO debut in these performances. Tickets range from $34 to $92 and are on sale now at hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org or by calling 94-MUSIC (946-8742).

Grammy Award-winner Hadelich, who made his HSO debut in 2014, is one of the great violinists of his generation. Winner of the 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant and gold medalist of the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, he plays the 1683 ex-Gingold Stradivari violin. Hadelich has performed with every major orchestra in the U.S., as well as an ever-growing number of major orchestras in the U.K., Europe, and Asia, impressing audiences with his poetic style and dazzling technique. The Washington Post writes, "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."

According to Hadelich, "Lalo's Symphonie espagnole is a beautiful and exciting work, which just until a few decades ago was one of the most frequently played concertos in the violin repertoire. It is rarely heard nowadays, but wherever I play it, listeners are surprised when they rediscover how great a piece it is." Hadelich's upcoming recording of Symphonie espagnole with the London Philharmonic Orchestra is slated for release in spring 2017.

In 2009, Hadelich made his extraordinary debut with the Cleveland Orchestra playing Lalo's Symphonie espagnole. In its review, the Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote, "A consummate showman, Hadelich pranced over considerable technical obstacles with fluent ease, then dashed off a Paganini caprice as an encore." The Symphonie espagnole, which is neither a traditional violin concerto nor a traditional symphony, has won its place in the hearts of a new generation of violinists who have embraced it for its passion, virtuosity and beauty.

HSO concertgoers will also experience another masterpiece at these concerts that is guaranteed to please: Beethoven's Symphony No. 4. According to Maestro Lehninger, "I spent many years studying and researching Beethoven's symphonies, and they are very close to my heart. When I was in Vienna assisting Maestro Kurt Masur, I visited the Musikverein archives and saw Beethoven's metronome and some of his manuscripts and documents, and I made some really interesting discoveries. The Symphony No. 4 is definitively one of my favorites!"

More About Augustin Hadelich

Augustin Hadelich has established himself as one of the great violinists of his generation. He has performed with every major orchestra in the U.S., many on numerous occasions, as well as an ever-growing number of major orchestras in the U.K., Europe, and Asia, impressing audiences with his phenomenal technique, poetic sensitivity and gorgeous tone. Highlights of Hadelich's 2016-17 season include return performances with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Colorado, Dallas, North Carolina, San Diego, and St. Louis, as well as a tour of Germany and Spain with the Orquestra de Cadaqués/Catalonia and debuts with the Dresden Philharmonic, Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, Hamburg Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and the WDR Radio Orchestra in Cologne. He is the winner of a 2016 Grammy Award - "Best Classical Instrumental Solo" - for his recording of Dutilleux's Violin Concerto, "L'arbre des songes," with the Seattle Symphony under Ludovic Morlot (Seattle SymphonyMEDIA). Born in Italy, the son of German parents, Hadelich is now an American citizen. He holds an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff.

More About Marcelo Lehninger
Brazilian-born Marcelo Lehninger is the newly-appointed music director of the Grand Rapids Symphony. He previously served as music director of the New West Symphony in Los Angeles, for which the League of American Orchestras awarded him the Helen H. Thompson Award for Emerging Music Conductors. In addition, Lehninger was appointed assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by James Levine, and, after a very successful two year tenure that included stepping in for Maestro Levine on short notice in Boston and on tour at Carnegie Hall, was later promoted to Associate Conductor. Lehninger's 2016-17 season includes debuts with the Sydney, Melbourne, Colorado, Toledo, and Portland Symphonies; the Colorado Springs Philharmonic; and Symphony Nova Scotia; as well as return engagements with Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Minas Gerais Philharmonic, Slovenian Philharmonic, New Mexico Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and the Bard Orchestra, the orchestra of his alma mater. Before dedicating his career to conducting, Lehninger studied violin and piano. He holds a Master's degree from the Conductors Institute at New York's Bard College, where he studied conducting under Harold Farberman and composition with Laurence Wallach. His mentors also include Kurt Masur, Leonard Slatkin and Roberto Tibiriçá.

Concert Conversations with the Guest Artists
Ticket-holders are invited to join the HSO for Concert Conversations, starting one hour before each performance in the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Concert Conversations are included with each ticket.

For more information, call the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra Box Office (808) 94-MUSIC - (808) 946-8742 from Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Active-duty military ($20) and student rush ($13) discounts will be available for this concert beginning, Monday, November 14.

Tickets must be purchased at either the Blaisdell Box Office or at the HSO Box Office in-person. Appropriate ID must be presented at the time of purchase.

About the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra

The Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra was founded in 2011 and made its debut in 2012. The new HSO carries on the legacy of the Honolulu Symphony, which was founded in 1900 and performed for more than a century. The orchestra employs 84 professional musicians and presents classical masterworks, pops, educational and community programs.

The mission of the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra is to present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality and quality of life in these Islands; and to operate in a financially sound manner.

For more information or to make a donation, please visit www.HawaiiSymphonyOrchestra.org. Share your Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra experience with the #HiSymphony hashtag on Twitter and Instagram @HawaiiSymphonyOrchestra and on Facebook: facebook.com/HawaiiSymphony.

Photo credit: Luca Valenta

 

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