Laetitia Hahn

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Laetitia Noemi Hahn (born September 4, 2003 in Düsseldorf ) is a German pianist .

Career

Laetitia Hahn began to play the piano at the age of two. She gave her debut concert at the age of eight and passed the entrance exam at the Robert Schumann University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf the following year as a young student . At the age of 14 she passed her Abitur and in 2016 completed her “ Bachelor of Arts in Music” at the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences in Zurich with Grigori Gruzman . In addition, she attended master classes a. a. with Lang Lang , Dmitri Bashkirov and Leif Ove Andsnes and studied composition and conducting. She was a prizewinner at national and international competitions.

Hahn has already given concerts throughout Europe and internationally with major orchestras and conductors, including a. in Japan, Switzerland, China and Latvia. She played on the occasion of the award of the International Mendelssohn Prize to Richard von Weizsäcker in 2012 in the Leipzig Gewandhaus and u. a. at the Ruhr Piano Festival in Essen, the Kachelsteiner Kulturtage in Bonn 2015, the Koethener Bach Festival and in the concert series “Mozart in Moll” in Frankfurt, the Davos Festival and the Chopin Festival (2016-18) in Poland .

In 2018 she played the world premiere of the concert movement of her first piano concerto, weapons of light, together with the St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra at the Marblepalace in St. Petersburg . In 2019 she performed a complete version of this piano concerto in Moldova . In the same year conducted it for the first time the third piano concerto by Beethoven in Riga and Tokyo .

She is also involved in charity and peace events and performs there. The Chinese pianist Lang Lang is one of her most important musical partners . At the beginning of October 2016 she took second place in the second round of the “Il Maggio del Pianoforte 2016” competition in Naples / Italy.

Hahn also had television appearances a. a. at TV total and Markus Lanz ; Documentaries about them were broadcast on German television ( NDR , VOX ).

Prices (selection)

  • 2013: First prize at the Büdinger competition and prize for the best competitive performance
  • 2013: First prize at the National Bach Competition
  • 2013: Main prize gold in the Schimmel competition and Schimmel special prize
  • 2013: Third Prize Steinway Competition
  • 2014: First prize at the Büdinger competition
  • 2018: Grand Prix of the Future Stars Competition

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Piano concerto with Laetitia and Philip Hahn. Straelen on the Lower Rhine. In: City of Straelen. Retrieved May 17, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Abi at 14: Why Laetitia Hahn still doesn't want to be a child prodigy. May 16, 2020, accessed May 22, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Velbert: Gifted: Laetitia wants to do her Abitur at the age of 14 . In: THE WORLD . April 15, 2015 ( welt.de [accessed May 20, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Fifteen-year-old Laetitia Hahn enthuses ”. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b weltklassik.de: Weltklassik on the piano. Retrieved May 20, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h Benefit concert with child prodigy Laetitia Hahn. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Young Masters of Tomorrow! -Beethoven House Bonn, Young Masters of Tomorrow! -Beethoven House Bonn: Young Masters of Tomorrow! - Beethoven House Bonn. Retrieved May 17, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Laetitia Hahn plays her own concerto: Weapons of Light Live in Moldovia with Franz Schottky. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Short biography. In: events3. 2017, accessed June 25, 2020 .
  10. ↑ a b c d e Successes and competition results. In: Dr. Hoch's Conservatory. Retrieved May 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hahn, Laetitia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hahn, Laetitia Noemi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 2003
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf