Watch a video with Hilary Hahn and Hauschka from the recording session of „Silfra“, their album on Deutsche Grammophon.
The 32-year-old violinist Hilary Hahn has been at the lonely pinnacle of the classical A-list since she was all of 16 years old. It’s not exactly a sphere that rewards, or even encourages, curiosity: The language used to assess soloists in Hahn’s rarefied air comes disturbingly close the the kind used to appraise prize ponies, and the city-to-city nature of the violin-concerto circuit can make for a life that is almost as cloistered and repetitive. But Hahn has resisted stagnation, recording with alt-country singer/songwriter Josh Ritter, the folk singer Tom Brosseau, and even …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (that’s her on Worlds Apart’s „To Russia My Homeland“). She never seems to be insisting on a strident break from the world of orchestral tours, commissions, and Tchaikovsky concertos with any of these new projects — just looking for something fresh and interesting to do. It has made her career one of the most refreshingly graceful ones in classical music. No project she has undertaken has felt forced, and that includes her decision to hole up in Iceland for two months to make a record with Hauschka …
Produced by NIGHTFROG for the artist & Deutsche Grammophon • Written by Dorothee Binding
