I wound up sticking with violin because it was the strongest current in my life. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Music can inspire immediate emotional reactions, even if the only person who hears it is the person creating it. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I'm more creative the more rules I have - note values, tempos, dynamic markings. Somehow, I find that really inspiring. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I've continued to pursue other interests in my downtime, but I'm glad I'm a musician. It's the perfect career for me. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I don't think there's such a difference between older and newer music as there is between one composer and another. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Edgar Meyer's violin concerto was the first piece of contemporary music I worked on in any depth. I was 18 or 19. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Bach in general was so good with the violin. He just finds the genius way around his music on the instrument. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
You don't need to be a performer in order to dive into the sensory experience of music. Simply get as close as… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I need to be able to play the music, and so I don't like to have intimidation be part of it. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Sometimes if the point of a piece of music is to open a conversation with other people, it's really hard to open… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
As more people get into indie bands and alternative music, they're also getting more into other genres that fit those categories, like… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
When we talk about music, we tend to place our experiences into one of two categories: making the music and listening to… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Composers don't just sit in a room and write things that are in their heads, they actually listen to a lot of… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
There's nothing I really wanted to record more than Bach. It's wonderful music. It's - on a grand scale, there's a lot… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I find that Bach is appealing to a lot of different audiences. It really hits people at their core in different ways,… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Growing up as a classical musician, you're taught a lot about outreach and about how people aren't being taught music in school.… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
The nice thing about the violin repertoire is that it's small enough that you can plan on learning everything at some point… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I've had it for about 13 years, and I don't see any reason to change, I find that the violin just keeps… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Bach in general was so good with the violin. He just finds the genius way around his music on the instrument. When… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
I have a lot of interests. I daydreamed about various career options growing up; the one I'm in is the first one that worked… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
With a Grammy, if you're releasing your record with a major label, you have a chance with any record. You also have a very… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
My career direction has probably been guided as much by curiosity and my personality as by my early influences. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
For vacation, I like going to places I've never been before. I've gone to some remote places, like the Arctic Circle. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
I have always enjoyed literature classes, and I took a fiction workshop for writing and analyzing at Curtis... I don't know if would do… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
It's really been enlightening for me to work with composers because I used to think that everything in the music was exactly what the… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
I think the things that I learned that stick with me are things you often repeat, even today, which is never stop learning. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
The nice thing about the violin repertoire is that it's small enough that you can plan on learning everything at some point - whereas… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
There's nothing I really wanted to record more than Bach. It's wonderful music. It's - on a grand scale, there's a lot to it.… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
I try to do a lot of direct contact with the audience, because the audience is part of the concert, too, as much as… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
When I was younger, I felt more like a student working with a mentor when I worked with the conductor, but now it feels… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
Musicians are also interpretive artists and we are just as creative as painters and writers. We interpret in a way that expresses ourselves. — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
What I find really interesting is, whenever you see the person who gives you the portrait of yourself, the portrait seems to be a… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
As more people get into indie bands and alternative music, they're also getting more into other genres that fit those categories, like jazz and… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share
