Photo: Marco Borggreve

Viviane Hagner, violin

'Listening to Viviane Hagner play the violin is an enchanting experience... she is both a thoughtful and brilliant violinist. In her playing, she knows how to combine reflection and luminosity in the most striking way.'
Berliner Morgenpost

'... Hagner's performance, vibrant, warm-toned and jaw-droppingly precise, may well be unimprovable ...'
San Francisco Chronicle

'Mark Elder's second night in the Hallé Summer Classics series - a Beethoven night - rightly put the violin concerto last. As played by the brilliant Viviane Hagner, it was its true climax... the concerto, was on another plane. Hagner's playing ranged from filigreed delicacy to strident panache, was delightfully tuned, and had cadenzas that set the pulse racing.'
The Guardian

'Her rich, burnished tone, crystalline articulation and subtle expression immediately grab attention and leave a lasting impression. Sunday afternoon at the Landon School, the 27-year-old violinist from Munich gave a spine-chilling recital, an almost hauntingly masterful display of technique and artistry.'
Washington Post

Viviane Hagner plays the Stadivarius 'Sasserno' violin from 1717, generously loaned to her by the Nippon Music Foundation.

Viviane Hagner has won a Borletti-Buitoni Trust award. The Trust - established in 2002 to help young artists develop and sustain their careers - gives awards to artists in their twenties who have made significant progress with their careers.