Augustin Hadelich makes DSO debut with Beethoven Violin Concerto

DETROIT, MI - Acclaimed German violinist Augustin Hadelich will make his Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) debut in April, performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Colorado Symphony Music Director Andrew Litton will conduct the performances, which will also include Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 6.

The concerts will take place on Thursday April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Shaarey Zedek (27375 Bell Rd Southfield); Friday April 25 at 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall; and Sunday April 27 at 3 p.m. in Orchestra Hall.

The Friday, April 25 10:45 a.m. performance will be webcast live to a global audience via the DSO’s Live From Orchestra Hall series of HD webcasts.

ABOUT ANDREW LITTON
Andrew Litton, Music Director of Norway’s Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Artistic Director of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Sommerfest, and Conductor Laureate of Britain’s Bournemouth Symphony, recently also became Music Director of the Colorado Symphony. He guest conducts the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies and has a discography of over 120 recordings with awards including America’s Grammy, France’s Diapason d’Or, and many British and other honors.

First appointed Bergen Philharmonic Music Director in 2003, Litton will celebrate the orchestra’s 250th Anniversary in 2015. Under Litton, the Bergen Philharmonic has taken numerous tours, including debuts at the London BBC Proms and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, as well as appearances at Vienna’s Musikverein, Berlin’s Philharmonie, and New York’s Carnegie Hall. Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic record for the BIS and Hyperion labels, winning extraordinary critical acclaim for their Mendelssohn, Stravinsky, and Prokofiev series.

ABOUT AUGUSTIN HADELICH
Last season, following stellar debuts with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood and his subscription debut with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center, Augustin Hadelich made equally acclaimed debuts with the San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony, and more. Last summer he appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the New York Philharmonic at Vail, Britt Festival Orchestra, and more.

In June 2013, Hadelich made his first major orchestral CD, recording the violin concertos of Jean Sibelius and Thomas Adès with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu. This will be only the second recording of the Adès concerto, Concentric Paths. On the AVIE label, the recording is scheduled for release in the spring of 2014. Hadelich has recorded three previous CDs for AVIE: Flying Solo, a CD of masterworks for solo violin; Echoes of Paris, featuring French and Russian repertoire influenced by Parisian culture in the early 20th century; and Histoire du Tango, a program of violin-guitar works in collaboration with Pablo Sáinz Villegas. For Naxos, he has recorded Haydn’s complete violin concerti with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra and Telemann’s Fantasies for solo violin.

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets to Beethoven Violin Concerto begin at $15 and may be purchased at the Max M. Fisher Music Center box office (3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit); by calling (313) 576-5111; or online at dso.org. Detroit residents may reserve a ticket for $15 each in any section, excluding the box level, within two weeks of the performance. A valid photo ID with a Detroit address is required. For group discount information (10 people or more), please contact Chuck Dyer at (313) 576-5130 or cdyer@dso.org.

PERFORMANCE
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

- Thurs., Apr. 24 at 7:30 p.m. (in Congregation Shaarey Zedek)
- Fri., Apr. 25 at 10:45 a.m.
- Fri., Apr. 25 at 8 p.m.
- Sun., Apr. 27 at 3 p.m.