NEW ALBUM
NEW ALBUM
Danse Russe AVAILABLE ON ALL PLATFORMS
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
April 10, 2026
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotterdam Philharmonic
Max Richter Recomposed: Vivaldi-The Four Seasons
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April 13, 2026
Domzale, Slovenia
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8, Lokshin Clarinet Quintet, Pavel Haas String Quartet No. 2
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April 19, 2026
Salt Lake City, Utah
NOVA Chamber Music Series
Enescu Octet with the Fry Street String Quartet, Andrea Ashdown, Laura Ha, Walter Haman
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May 18, 2026
NYC, New York
Jupiter Chamber Players
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June 4-5, 2026
St. George, Utah
Castle Rock String Camp
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June 15-20
South Jordan, Utah
Intermountain Suzuki String Institute
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June 24, 2026
Chicago, Illinois
Grant Park Music Festival
Barber Violin Concerto with Kalena Bovell
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June 28, 2026
Whitefish, Montana
Festival Amadeus
Beethoven Violin Concerto with John Zoltek and Glacier Symphony
July 3, 2026
Medford, Oregon
Britt Festival
Max Richter Recomposed: The Four Seasons with Norman Huynh
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July 8-18, 2026
Logan, Utah
Fry Street Chamber Music Festival
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July 20, 2026
Salt Lake City, Utah
Intermezzo Chamber Music Series
August 12, 2026
Sunriver, Oregon
Sunriver Music Festival
Barber Violin Concerto with Brett Mitchell
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August 16, 17, 20, 24
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
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BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
William Hagen has performed as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In the 2025/26 season, William returns as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, makes his debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, performs as soloist with orchestras across the United States, and performs recitals and chamber music in both the United States 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.
Will is from a baseball-loving family and played quite a lot of competitive baseball growing up. He hit 24 career home runs—this info was omitted from previous bios, which greatly saddened Will’s father.
TEACHING
TEACHING
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."
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."
MEDIA
VIDEOS
22 year old American VC 'Young Artist', violinist William Hagen performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major Op.
TCHAIKOVSKY
VIOLIN CONCERTO
mendelssohn
violin concerto in E Minor
ysaÿe sonata no. 5, i. l’aurore
KORNGOLD
VIOLIN CONCERTO
stravinsky Suite italienne
album teaser
ysaÿe sonata no. 5, ii. danse rustique
Vaughn-Williams
The Lark Ascending
22 year old American VC 'Young Artist', violinist William Hagen performing Eugene Ysaye's 'Sonata No. 4 in E minor, Op.
YSAŸE
SONATA NO. 4
22 year old American VC 'Young Artist', violinist William Hagen performing the 1st movement of Debussy's Sonata in G Minor, with collaborative pianist Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort - in the Semi-Finals of the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition in Brussels | William was awarded 3rd prize The Violin Channel | World's leading classical music news source | http://www.theviolinchannel.com
Debussy
Sonata in G Minor
GALLERY
CONTACT
"Here is a cultured reading of a demanding work (Tchaikovsky Concerto) that takes its own value beyond its technical difficulties."
CONTACT
"Here is a cultured reading of a demanding work (Tchaikovsky Concerto) that takes its own value beyond its technical difficulties."
CONTACT
John Zion, Managing Director
MKI Artists
One Lawson Lane, Suite 320
Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 658-2592
john@mkiartists.com
William Hagen
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