NY Phil: Hilary Hahn & Sounds of Spain

• Hilary Hahn, violin
• Juanjo Mena, conductor

Maurice Ravel — Rapsodie espagnole for orchestra, M. 54
Alberto Ginastera — Violin Concerto, Op. 30
Pablo de Sarasate — Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25
Claude Debussy — "II. Ibéria" from Images pour orchestre, L. 122
Maurice Ravel — Boléro

Hilary Hahn, our 2023–24 Artist-in-Residence, plays Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy and a fiery modern masterpiece by Ginastera. The rhythms and harmonies of Spain infuse Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole and his seductive Boléro—as well as Debussy's Ibéria—with a magnificent variety of orchestral colors. Juanjo Mena conducts.

Runs Aprl 25-27. Please note, all 3 performances of this program are sold out.

About New York Philharmonic

https://nyphil.org/

About Hilary Hahn, violin

Three-time Grammy Award–winning violinist Hilary Hahn melds expressive musicality and technical expertise with a diverse repertoire guided by artistic curiosity. She is currently artist-in-residence at both the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and London’s Wigmore Hall, and is co-founder and vice president of artistic partnerships of the AI-music initiative Deepmusic.AI.

http://hilaryhahn.com/

About Juanjo Mena, conductor

Juanjo Mena began his conducting career in his native Spain as artistic director of the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra in 1999. His uncommon talent was soon recognized internationally, leading to appointments as principal guest conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic and chief guest conductor of the Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. In 2011 he was named chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, which he led for seven seasons, taking the orchestra on tours of Europe and Asia and conducting annual televised concerts at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms. May 2023 marked Juanjo Mena's final performances as principal conductor of the Cincinnati May Festival, the longest-running choral festival in North America, concluding his pivotal six-year tenure at the organization, during which he expanded the commissioning of new works and put the community at the heart of the festival.

https://juanjomena.com/en/