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Supreme musicality, shared roses: a magical moment with Hilary Hahn

By Sarah Batschelet, 05 February 2018
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Reviewed at Tonhalle Maag, Zurich on 3 February 2018
Programme
Janáček, Taras Bulba
Prokofiev, Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, Op.19
Dvořák, Symphony no. 7 in D minor, Op.70
Performers
Hilary Hahn, Violin
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Conductor
Andreas Janke, Violin
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.