The Avery Fisher Artist Program has announced that violinist Hilary Hahn will be awarded the 2024 Avery Fisher Prize for her outstanding artistic achievement and leadership in classical music, reports The Strad.

Hahn has been playing the violin since before she turned four.

At the age of 10, she was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she studied for nearly a decade. 

“From the beginning of my career, I saw the Avery Fisher Prize as a high honor,” said Hahn on the award.

In 1995, when she was 15, she was awarded the Avery Fisher Career grant, which she felt was a recognition that it could someday be in her future.

From that point onward, she became encouraged to push hard to expand her horizons, deepen the artistic meaning of her work, and make her voice heard as an artist. 

Hahn has often performed at the Philadelphia Orchestra.

“Having now come full circle, I feel proud of what I have achieved as an artist, and validated that that work has been seen and recognized by my community,” Hahn added. 

The Avery Fisher is one of classical music’s oldest honors, established 50 years ago.

As the prize recipient, Hahn will receive a $100,000 award. 

Read more about Hilary Hahn’s musical career and latest honor in The Strad.

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