My apologies for a pun right off the bat, but Matthias Pintscher was a pinch hitter. He substituted for Herbert Blomstedt at the New York Philharmonic last night. Blomstedt was scheduled to conduct ...

A blazingly beautiful all-Beethoven program: First, Hilary Hahn performs the Violin Concerto, a work of singular scope, vision, and majesty. Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 isn't performed as often as his ...

The star violinist’s appearance as artist in residence included an announcement that she had received the $100,000 Avery Fisher Prize. By Joshua Barone With #100daysofpractice, the star violinist has ...

Violinist Hilary Hahn’s #100DaysofPractice gave us a glimpse into the dedication it takes to master an instrument. You can hear that practice pay off in her performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, ...