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                      Hahn-Bin

                  Danse Macabre

A Performance for V Magazine 2.16.2011  LIVE at The Standard New York

Hahn-Bin (born 3 August 1987) is a Korean-American violinist. He made his international debut at age twelve at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2009 following a decade of study with Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program and the Juilliard School. 1987–1999

Born in Seoul, Korea, Hahn-Bin began his violin studies at age five and won a top prize at the Korea Times Competition the same year. He made his first national television appearance at age eight in a documentary profiling Korean prodigies on the KBS network, showcasing his talent in violin performance and composing music, poetry, and plays. At age nine, Hahn-Bin was the youngest student accepted to the Korean National University of Arts. By age ten, Hahn-Bin had made his orchestral debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and performed solo recitals in several major concert halls throughout Korea.

1999–2004: Move to U.S. and International career beginnings In 1999, Hahn-Bin moved to Los Angeles to study with Robert Lipsett at the Colburn School and under his tutelage performed the Édouard Lalo Symphonie Espagnole at the 42nd Grammy Awards. A series of engagements with U.S. orchestras soon followed, including the Pacific Symphony under music director Carl St.Clair and the San Diego Symphony conducted by Murry Sidlin. Hahn-Bin became the recipient of a $3.5 million dollar Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu from the Stradivari Society of Chicago in 2000.[1] Hahn-Bin’s first European tour came in 2004, performing the Sibelius violin concerto with Landesjugendorchester Rheinland-Pfalz led by Klaus Arp, and at age sixteen recorded works by Arvo Pärt, Francis Poulenc, and Leoš Janácek for his debut album HAZE, released by Universal Music Korea to critical acclaim in 2005.

2004-2009: Tutelage under Itzhak Perlman and The Juilliard School Following a video audition, Hahn-Bin was chosen by Itzhak Perlman to become one of his students at the Perlman Music Program in 2001. In 2004, with Perlman’s invitation to join his studio at the Juilliard School, Hahn-Bin moved to New York City to further his musical studies. In an interview with Los Angeles Times in 2011, Hahn-Bin said of his longtime mentor: “[Perlman] taught me everything I know about music, and how to put everything I felt into the music for the benefit of my audiences.”  Hahn-Bin graduated from Professional Children’s School in 2006, and earned his Diploma from the Juilliard School in 2009. 

Oh my god, that bowing. So sexy. I will from now on maintain there is nothing musically sexier than a violinist with technically perfect, intense, but oh-so-free, Romantic-era-esque bowing. Oh yes, you beautiful beautiful man, you break those bowstrings. Swoon. 

(…of course he studied under Perlman. OF COURSE HE DID. fjsdia;jfdsajfkl;as Augh. Is there anybody on my dash who understands how swoonworthy this guy? *__* ) 

I DO, BRO. I DO.

The term “ladyboners” has never been so appropriate. Seriously. If violin playing is sexy…then this man clearly must be Barney Stinson.

(Or lady gaga, but that’s more because of the outfit) 

dreamingofrain:

“Electrify” by China Glaze

District 5 :)