Hilary Hahn has had to cancel tour concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko in the USA due to ill health. Vilde Frang and Benjamin Beilman to step in.
On the advice of her medical team, Hilary Hahn has had to cancel her participation in the concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko in Washington, New York and Ann Arbor. After a long break due to illness, she still has to avoid strenuous performances and travelling.
The solo part in Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major op. 35 will instead be performed by Vilde Frang and Benjamin Beilman. Benjamin Beilman will be the soloist on 15 November at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, presented by Washington Performing Arts, and on 23 November at the Hill Auditorium in the university town of Ann Arbor in Michigan. These performances mark the American violinist’s debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker. The soloist at the concerts on 17 and 19 November at Carnegie Hall in New York will be Vilde Frang, who was recently acclaimed for her performance of the Korngold concerto at the Philharmonie Berlin.
The Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko are very grateful to Vilde Frang and Benjamin Beilman for being able to step in at such short notice, and wish Hilary Hahn all the best for her continued recovery. The concert programme of the tour remains unchanged.