Violinist Hahn-Bin performs in the Grace Auditorium at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Winner of the 2008-09 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, violinist Hahn-Bin makes his New York debut at Carnegie's Zankel Hall as recipient of the Peter Marino Concert Prize, as well as his Washington DC debut this season at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater. At the YCA Auditions, he was also awarded the Brownville Concert Series Prize and the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation Award for engagements in Europe.
Hahn-Bin made notable appearances with all of Korea's major orchestras, the Seoul, Bucheon, and Daejeon Philharmonics, in Korea and on tour in Japan. He has given recitals at the Louvre in Paris, and appeared as soloist with the Queensland Orchestra in Australia.
Hahn-Bin made his international debut at the age of twelve at the 42nd Grammy Awards' Salute to Classical Music, honoring Isaac Stern. Appearances with the Pacific and San Diego Symphonies followed quickly. At the age of sixteen, Hahn-Bin made his European debuts in a four-city tour with The State Youth Orchestra of Rheinland-Pfalz followed by performances in five cities across the U.S. with the orchestra. In 2005, Universal Music, Ltd. released his first CD, HAZE, with pianist John Blacklow, featuring works by Pärt, Janá?ek, Poulenc, Ravel, and Prokofiev.
Born in Seoul, Korea, in 1987, Hahn-Bin made his orchestral debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at the age of ten. The following year he moved to the U.S. to study with Robert Lipsett at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Hahn-Bin earned his Diploma in 2009 from the Juilliard School, where he worked with Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho. He has been working with Mr. Perlman at the Perlman Music Program since 2002, and performed the Dvorak Piano Quintet with him at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2008. Hahn-Bin plays an 1825 J. F. Pressenda violin from the Mandell Collection of Southern California. In addition to playing the violin, Hahn-Bin works regularly on creating visual artworks and composing poetry.
