What I do is creative. It doesn’t seem like that when I’m playing a piece that was written in the past, but the score is just the outline and everything in it is relative. The key is to make this piece written by someone else belong to you and then connect to the audience. Hilary Hahn Read Quote
In the performance sense, I find that interpretation is improvisatory in nature. You can go anywhere with an interpretation on any given day. Hilary Hahn Read Quote
When I started my recording career, I hoped that someday the Grammy committee would notice something. Hilary Hahn Read Quote
With a Grammy, if you’re releasing your record with a major label, you have a chance with any record. You also have a very long shot with every record. Hilary Hahn Read Quote
One challenge, if you do a website, a Youtube channel, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Ping, other things like that, is you don’t have time to be an artist. As a performer, you need to practice. Hilary Hahn Read Quote
It’s no good to do a piece once and then move on because it doesn’t have time to develop. I try to play seven or eight concerti in a season, and generally one or two of those are new for me. Hilary Hahn Read Quote
My career direction has probably been guided as much by curiosity and my personality as by my early influences. Hilary Hahn Read Quote
I have a lot of interests. I daydreamed about various career options growing up; the one I’m in is the first one that worked out, and I love it, so I feel very lucky. Hilary Hahn Read Quote
