February 23, 2015
AUGUSTIN HADELICH RETURNS TO BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Augustin Hadelich
Augustin Hadelich
Rosalie O'Connor

Following his acclaimed debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2011, Augustin Hadelich makes a much-awaited return to the orchestra, performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, known as the “Turkish.” Performances take place on March 12 at Strathmore Hall in North Bethesda, and March 13 and 14 at the Orchestra’s home, Meyerhoff Hall. Masaaki Suzuki, known for his interpretations of baroque and classical repertoire, will conduct.

When Augustin made his debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra playing Brahms’ Violin Concerto, the Baltimore Sun’s Tim Smith wrote, his “tone is exquisite, never losing its sweetness … His musicality is equally impressive. He had the familiar concerto sounding fresh and vital, not to mention intensely poetic ... The performance had a downright heart-warming quality.”

Augustin has frequently performed Mozart’s Violin Concertos, all five written when the composer was in his late teens. Mozart did not leave any cadenzas for his violin concertos, expecting violinists of his time to write or improvise their own. Augustin, returning to this tradition, performs his own cadenzas for Mozart’s Fifth Concerto and other classical and baroque works. The Fifth took on its “Turkish” moniker due to the alla turca section of the concerto’s final movement, in which the lower strings of the orchestra play col legno - striking the strings of their instruments with the wood part of their bows – the effect imitating the clanging percussion section of a Turkish military band. He’ll next play Mozart’s Fifth for his return to the New York Philharmonic in May.

Augustin has performed with virtually all of the major symphony orchestras in North America including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles and New York Philharmonics, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco and Toronto Symphonies. This season he makes his debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra and, in the UK, the London Philharmonic Orchestra. His numerous awards include the Gold Medal at the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, an Avery Fisher Career Grant (2009), a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship (2010), and the 2012 Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center, for which he was nominated by the New York Philharmonic and Music Director Alan Gilbert.

Augustin’s acclaimed discography includes four releases for AVIE: Flying Solo, Echoes of Paris, which received an Editor’s Choice from Gramophone magazine, Histoire du Tango, and the concertos of Jean Sibelius and Thomas Adès, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu, which was nominated for a Gramophone Award and chosen by NPR as one of 50 Favorite Albums of 2014. For Naxos, he has recorded Telemann’s complete Fantasies for solo violin, and Haydn’s complete violin concerti with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra. In 2015, AVIE will release the Mendelssohn Concerto paired with Bartók’s Second, with Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducting the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.

Born in Italy to German parents, Augustin Hadelich holds an artist diploma from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff. He plays on the 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society.

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For further information about Augustin Hadelich, please visit www.augustin-hadelich.com

CONCERT INFORMATION
Thursday, March 12, 2015 – 8:00 pm
The Music Center at Strathmore – North Bethesda, MD

Friday, March 13, 2015 – 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 14, 2014 – 8:00 pm

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall – Baltimore, MD

Augustin Hadelich violin
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Masaaki Suzuki conductor

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 “Turkish”
Also on the program:
Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni
Mozart Mass in C minor

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