Augustin Hadelich

Augustin Hadelich is one of the great violinists of our time. Known for his phenomenal technique, insightful and persuasive interpretations, and ravishing tone, he appears extensively on the world’s foremost concert stages. Hadelich has performed with all the major American orchestras as well as the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and many other eminent ensembles. 

In the 2025–26 season, Hadelich serves as artist in residence with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he is featured in concerto, chamber music, and recital formats. He also appears with The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and San Diego Symphony. Further invitations bring him to the Leipizig Gewandhaus Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, NCPA Orchestra Beijing, and São Paulo Symphony, among others. In April 2026, he will be in residence at the Tongyeong International Music Festival in South Korea. Recitals take him to New York, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Warsaw, Copenhagen, Graz, Heidelberg, Cremona, and Taipei. 

Hadelich’s discography reflects his stylistic versatility and encompasses much of the violin repertoire. In 2016, he received a Grammy Award for his recording of Dutilleux’s L’Arbre des songes with the Seattle Symphony and Ludovic Morlot. A Warner Classics Artist, his most recent album, American Road Trip with pianist Orion Weiss, was awarded an Opus Klassik in 2025 for Chamber Music Recording of the Year. 

Hadelich, a dual American-German citizen born in Italy to German parents, rose to fame after winning the Gold Medal at the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Further distinctions followed, including an Avery Fisher Career Grant, the UK’s Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter. In 2018, he was named Instrumentalist of the Year by Musical America. Hadelich holds an Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Joel Smirnoff, and in 2021, was appointed to the violin faculty at the Yale School of Music. He plays a 1744 violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, known as “Leduc, ex Szeryng,” on loan from the Tarisio Trust.