Violinist Hilary Hahn makes her CU Concert Series debut Oct. 19

The Cornell Concert Series brings the sublime artistry of 20-year-old violinist Hilary Hahn to Statler Auditorium Thursday, Oct. 19, at 8 p.m. She will be accompanied by Hugh Sung, director of instrumental accompaniment at the renowned Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Tickets for the concert, at $15-$25 for adults and $9-$15 for students of any age attending any institution, are on sale at the Willard Straight Hall ticket office (M-F, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., noon-5 p.m.; 255-3430) and at the ticket center in Clinton House, 116 N. Cayuga St. (M-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; 273-4497 or 1-800-284-8422).

The program features two works by Brahms, Sonata No. 1 in G Major for violin and piano, Op. 78, and Sonata No. 3 in D Minor for violin and piano, Op. 108; Mozart's Sonata for violin and piano in F, K. 377; and Bach's Sonata No. 1 in G Minor for solo violin, BWV 1001.

Admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 10, Hahn made her major orchestra debut a year and a half later with the Baltimore Symphony. She now performs regularly with the world's leading orchestras, appears on major recital series and records exclusively for Sony Classical.

Her three recordings have received international acclaim. Her first album, featuring Solo Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach, won Diapason's "d'Or of the Year" and spent weeks as a best-seller on the Billboard classical charts. Her Grammy-nominated second recording, coupling the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Bernstein Serenade, garnered a second Diapason "d'Or," the Echo Klassik award for 1999 and Gramophone magazine's "CD of the Month." Her best-selling third release, an all-20th-century orchestral album combining the violin concertos of Samuel Barber and Edgar Meyer, won the German Record Critics Award in March 2000 and brought Hahn cover stories on Gramophone, Classic CD and other publications.

Hahn, among the most accessible of artists, documents her travel experiences on "Hilary's Journal: Postcards From the Road," her web site at www.hilaryhahn.com.