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CONCERTS

"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

CONCERTS

"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

CONCERTS

January 18 and 19, 2025
Bozeman, Montana
Bozeman Symphony and Norman Huynh
Korngold Violin Concerto
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January 23-25, 2025
Bozeman, Montana
Bozeman Chamber Music Society
Albert Cano Smit and Angella Ahn
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January 31 and February 2, 2025
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Recitals with Orion Weiss, piano

February 12, 2025
St. Moritz, Switzerland
Schubert Cello Quintet with Mairéad Hickey, Ivan Karizna, Georgy Kovalev, Aurélien Pascal

February 22-March 1, 2025
Residency at University of Chicago
Recital with Albert Cano Smit on February 22nd, Danse Russe album program
Prokofiev Concerto No. 2 with University Orchestra on March 1st

April 26, 2025
Fort Myers, Florida
Southwest Florida Symphony and Stilian Kirov
Barber Violin Concerto
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May 3, 2025
Pasadena, California
Pasadena Symphony and Brett Mitchell
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1
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May 4, 2025
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Chamber Music in Oklahoma
Anton Nel and Andrei Ionita
Rachmaninoff Piano Trio No. 1, Debussy Piano Trio, Schubert Piano Trio No. 2

May 9-14, 2025
Kronberg, Germany
Chamber Music Connects the World

June 4-7, 2025
Albi, France
Festival Tons Voisins

June 18, 2025
Jacksonville, Oregon
Britt Festival
Korngold Violin Concerto with Britt Festival Orchestra and Chia-Hsuan Lin

Past Performances

BIOGRAPHY

William Hagen has performed as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In the 2024/25 season, William performs concertos by Barber, Brahms, Bruch, Korngold, Lalo, and Prokofiev with orchestras across the United States, and performs chamber music and recitals around the USA and Europe.

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.

TEACHING

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.

MEDIA

"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."

Violinist.com

MEDIA

"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."

Violinist.com