Augustin Hadelich has had a long relationship with the North Carolina Symphony since his debut in 2011, most recently performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with NCS in 2021.
Augustin Hadelich is Artist in Residence for the 2023/24 season at the Konzerthaus Berlin; he opened their season with the German premiere of Donnacha Dennehy’s Violin Concerto, composed for him. He was also featured at the season-opening concerts of the Orchestre national de France and the Czech Philharmonic. In North America his season has included The Cleveland Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the symphonies of San Francisco, San Diego. In Asia, he was engaged by the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the philharmonic orchestras of Taiwan and Seoul.
In 2016, Hadelich received a Grammy Award for his recording of Dutilleux’s violin concerto L’Arbre des songes. He received an Opus Klassik Award in 2021 for Bohemian Tales with Dvořák’s Violin Concerto. His recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas was also nominated for a Grammy. His latest recording, Recuerdos, includes works by Britten, Prokofiev, and Sarasate.
A dual American-German citizen born in Italy to German parents, Hadelich studied at The Juilliard School. In 2006 he won the International Violin Competition in Indianapolis. His accomplishments continued with the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2009, a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in 2011, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter in 2017. He was named “Instrumentalist of the Year” by Musical America in 2018.
In June 2021 Hadelich was appointed to the faculty of the Yale School of Music. He plays a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù from 1744, known as “Leduc, ex Szeryng,” on loan from the Tarisio Trust.