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Described by the New York Post as a phenomenon, three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn combines her musicality and technical prowess with a commitment to break down the barriers surrounding classical music.

She performs two solos in this concert, starting with the virtuoso showpiece Carmen Fantasy by Pablo Sarasate. Inspired by themes of Georges Bizets opera, Carmen Fantasy features an adaptation of the Aragonaise, the aria Habanera, an interlude, Seguidilla (an old Spanish folksong) and the Gypsy Dance.

Then, Hahn performs the Violin Concerto by Alberto Ginastera, one of Argentinas most celebrated composers. Finally, Thierry Fischer conducts the internationally renowned So Paulo Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strausss sublime Alpine Symphony, which structurally emulates a mountain climb in the Bavarian Alps.

Supported by Dunard Fund and Consulate General of Brazil in Edinburgh and Instituto Guimares Rosa with additional support from Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom

Thierry Fischer Conductor

Hilary Hahn Violin

Guarnieri Abertura festiva

Ginastera Violin Concerto

Sarasate Carmen Fantasy

Strauss Eine Alpensinfonie

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