"Even in an age when brilliant young violinists seem to grow on trees, Hagen...is a standout. He tossed off the most virtuosic passages of the Saint-Saëns with amazing precision, but he also made music...he always knew where the music was going and why."
Dallas Morning News
"Even in an age when brilliant young violinists seem to grow on trees, Hagen...is a standout. He tossed off the most virtuosic passages of the Saint-Saëns with amazing precision, but he also made music...he always knew where the music was going and why."
Dallas Morning News
March 28, 2024
Logan, Utah
Dvorak Violin Concerto with Utah Symphony and Anna Rikitina
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March 29 and 30, 2024
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dvorak Violin Concerto with Utah Symphony and Anna Rikitina
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April 5, 2024
Lynchburg, Virginia
Recital with Albert Cano Smit
May 4, 2024
Fort Worth, Texas
Dohnányi Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1 and Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
with Denés Várjon, piano, Gary Levinson, violin, Juan Miguel Hernandez, viola, Julian Schwarz, cello
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May 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 2024
Tour of the Netherlands with Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Philip Glass 4 Seasons
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June 9, 2024
Cheboygan, Michigan
Recital with Orion Weiss
June 13, 14, 16, 2024
Detroit, Michigan
Beethoven Violin Concerto with Detroit Symphony and Gábor Takács-Nagy
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William Hagen has performed as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Highlights of the 2023/24 season include a return to the Detroit Symphony and a tour of the Netherlands with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
As soloist, William has appeared with the Chicago Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Detroit Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony (HR Sinfonieorchester), San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, and many others around the globe.
As recitalist and chamber musician, William has performed at venues such as Wigmore Hall and the Louvre, and collaborated with artists such as Steven Isserlis, Gidon Kremer, Edgar Meyer, and Tabea Zimmerman, among others. He maintains an active schedule on both sides of the Atlantic, making frequent trips to Europe and cities around the US to play a wide range of repertoire.
In 2020, William released his debut album, “Danse Russe,” with his good friend and frequent collaborator, pianist Albert Cano Smit. The album is available on all streaming platforms.
A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, William began playing the violin at the age of 4, studying the Suzuki method with Natalie Reed and then Deborah Moench. He studied with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho at the Juilliard School, Christian Tetzlaff at the Kronberg Academy, and was a longtime student of Robert Lipsett, studying with Mr. Lipsett for 11 years both at the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts and at the Colburn Conservatory of Music. In 2015, William won 3rd prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.
William performs on the 1732 “Arkwright Lady Rebecca Sylvan” Antonio Stradivari, and on a violin bow by Francois Xavier Tourte, both on generous loan from the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation.
Please reach out to me at williamhagenviolin@gmail.com to set up a lesson or masterclass! I love teaching and am happy to do either in-person or online.
"Impeccable timing, an intellectual command of line and score and just the right amount of power to push his cadenzas to the fore brought the audience to its feet: Hagen wore his heart on his sleeve and took many of us along to rejoice with him."
"Impeccable timing, an intellectual command of line and score and just the right amount of power to push his cadenzas to the fore brought the audience to its feet: Hagen wore his heart on his sleeve and took many of us along to rejoice with him."
"Here is a cultured reading of a demanding work (Tchaikovsky Concerto) that takes its own value beyond its technical difficulties."
"Here is a cultured reading of a demanding work (Tchaikovsky Concerto) that takes its own value beyond its technical difficulties."
John Zion, Managing Director
MKI Artists
One Lawson Lane, Suite 320
Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 658-2592
john@mkiartists.com
William Hagen
I'd love to hear from you!
williamhagenviolin@gmail.com