Hilary Hahn’s French odyssey of refinement and fire in Dublin

Hilary Hahn and Tom Poster

By Andrew Larkin, 15 May 2026

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“where music and musician found the greatest union”

Reviewed at National Concert Hall: Main Stage, Dublin on 14 May 2026

Ravel, Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major

Ching Lam, Solitude d’automne (Irish premiere)

Boulanger, Nocturne, for violin and piano

Ravel, Pièce en forme de Habanera

Tixier, Resemblance (Irish premiere)

Debussy, Violin Sonata in G minor

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)

Fauré, Violin sonata no. 1 in A major, Op.13

Hilary Hahn, Violin

Tom Poster, Piano

Aspects of love from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

Mark Pullinger, 30th September

A wide-ranging programme from the shape-shifting ensemble at Wigmore Hall explores love in its many guises.

****1

Travels with a cello: Laura van der Heijden touches down in Sheffield

Steve Draper, 6th December

It's all the Bs for Laura van der Heijden and Tom Poster for Music in the Round.

****1

Tom Poster stars in a Hallé concert of Nordic magic

Peter Connors, 13th December

Grieg's Piano Concerto played by Tom Poster and the Hallé under Stpehen Bell was the highlight of a popular programme of Nordic favourites by Grieg and Sibelius

****1

Hilary Hahn returns to the stage with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Cameron Kelsall, 13th February

After a six-month break to address persistent injuries, the bravura violinist appears in one of her signature pieces: Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no. 1.

***11

Dudamel and Hahn lead New York Phil in exuberant Spanish program

Sam Jacobson, 25th April

The NY Phil’s Music Director Designate makes an unexpected appearance in Spanish works of Ravel framing shimmering showpieces with Hilary Hahn.

***11

黄金のブラームス：ウィグモア・ホールでのヒラリー・ハーンとアンドレアス・ヘフリガー

Asher Rubenstein, 6th April

スター·ヴァイオリニストのヒラリー·ハーンがピアニスト、アンドレアス·ヘフリガーと組んでブラームスのヴァイオリン·ソナタ全曲に挑んだ。ふたりの息は演奏が進むうちにぴったり合っていった。

****1

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Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.