 hilary hahn (born november 27, 1979) is a two-time grammy-winning american violinist. in her active international career she has performed throughout the world both as a soloist with leading orchestras and conductors and as a recitalist. she also has built a strong reputation for championing contemporary music. several works have been composed specially for her, including concerti by edgar meyer and jennifer higdon. ==early life and education== hahn was born in lexington, virginia. she began playing the violin one month before her fourth birthday in the suzuki program of baltimore's peabody institute. she participated in a suzuki class for a year. between 1984 and 1989 hahn studied in baltimore under klara berkovich. in 1990, at ten, hahn was admitted to the curtis institute of music in philadelphia where she became a student of jascha brodsky. hahn studied with brodsky for seven years and learned the Ã©tudes of kreutzer, Å evÄÃ­k, gaviniÃ¨s, rode, and the paganini caprices. she learned twenty-eight violin concertos, as well as recital programs, chamber works, and assorted showpieces. in 1991, hahn made her major orchestral debut with the baltimore symphony orchestra. soon thereafter,
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