Gold medalist of the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Augustin Hadelich has established himself as an eloquent and unique voice among the new generation of violinists. As testament to his astonishing versatility across all periods of the repertoire, he also received the competition’s special awards for best performance of a Romantic concerto, Classical concerto, Beethoven sonata, violin sonata other than Beethoven, Bach work, commissioned work, encore piece and Paganini caprice.

Lauded as a “brilliant violinist” in the New York Times, Augustin made his Carnegie Hall orchestral debut in January 2008, performing the Brahms Double Concerto under Miguel Harth-Bedoya with cellist Alban Gerhardt and the Fort Worth Symphony; he then returned in March 2008 for his hugely successful recital debut in Stern Auditorium. In his third appearance at Carnegie Hall during this calendar year, he will perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 with the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo on Christmas Eve.

Among the highlights of Augustin’s 2008/09 season are debuts with the Alabama Symphony, Hamburg Camerata, IRIS Chamber Orchestra (TN), Jacksonville Symphony, Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Budapest), Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, and recitals in Osaka, Tokyo and with the La Jolla Music Society and the Fortas Chamber Music Concerts series at Kennedy Center. He will also participate in an east coast tour with artists from the Marlboro Music Festival.

Augustin’s numerous orchestral engagements include the symphonies of Columbus (OH), Fort Worth, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Kansas City, New Orleans, Louisville, Santa Barbara and Syracuse, to name a few. Outside the United States, he has performed with the Capetown Philharmonic, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie/ Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern, Dresdner Philharmonie, Museumsorchester Frankfurt, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester/ Cologne, Staatsorchester Stuttgart, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, and the chamber orchestras of Bavaria, Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Kiel, Lucerne and Toulouse. He has collaborated with such renowned conductors as Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Günther Herbig, Christoph Perick, Christoph Poppen, Stefan Sanderling, Michael Stern, Kazuyoshi Akiyama and Mario Venzago.

Also a captivating recitalist, Augustin has appeared at the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, Chautauqua Music Festival, the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center and the University of Texas at Austin, as well as in collaboration with Midori at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. The 2007/08 season marked his professional recording debut with two CDs for Naxos: the complete violin concerti of Haydn and the complete solo violin fantasies of Telemann.

Born in Italy in 1984, the son of German parents, Augustin holds a diploma (summa cum laude) from the Instituto Mascagni in Livorno, Italy, as well as a graduate diploma and the coveted Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, where he was a student of Joel Smirnoff. He has been a participant at the Marlboro and Ravinia festivals and in numerous master classes with renowned violinists such as Uto Ughi, Christoph Poppen, Norbert Brainin, Pinchas Zukerman, Zachar Bron, Yehudi Menuhin and Miriam Fried. As first-prize winner of the Indianapolis competition, Augustin plays on the 1683 ex-Gingold Stradivari violin and Tourte bow.

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“Hadelich’s performance…combined virtuosic technique with dependable intonation, a captivating stage presence, a singing style that transcended dissonant harmonies and a sound that could stand up to the full forces of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra [Bartók Concerto No. 2].” INDIANAPOLIS STAR