Classical Classroom, Episode 88: Hilary Hahn’s View On Vieuxtemps

Grammy-winning violinist Hilary Hahn, who has played a few concerts in her day - somewhere around 1,437 of them - talks about Henri Vieuxtemps’ Violin Concerto No. 4, which she plays on her latest CD. Is music composed by a violinist for violinists easier or more challenging to play? How was it that Vieuxtemps was more popular than Mozart at one point and so much? And most importantly, Hahn discusses her violin case’s Twitter account. Audio production by Todd “Takei“ Hulslander with beaming up by