
Chloë Hanslip
VIOLINIST
"The excitement built through the last movement. This is a whirl of a piece and Hanslip was dazzling in the subtleties — the flashes of light and shadow, the lightning-fast triplets. There was tremendous excitement ... Hanslip wrapped up the piece with dash, and the full house thundered to its feet, applauding." [Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto]
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
BUFFALO NEWS
BIOGRAPHY
British violinist Chloë Hanslip has securely established herself on the international stage. Since her BBC Proms debut in 2002, she has performed regularly in major venues throughout the UK, Europe, the United States, and the Far East. With a special affinity for contemporary repertoire, she plays the concertos of John Adams, Benjamin Britten, John Corigliano, Peter Maxwell Davies, Philip Glass, Huw Watkins, Michael Nyman, and Brett Dean’s The Lost Art of Letter Writing. Highlights of the 2020-21 season include concerto performances with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra and The Hallé. She will be Artist in Residence at the Hertfordshire Music Festival and alongside regular duo partner Danny Driver will pay homage to Beethoven at both the Lammermuir and Lichfield Festivals. In North America, Ms. Hanslip has appeared with the philharmonic orchestras of Buffalo, Oklahoma City, and Reno, the Sarasota Orchestra, and the symphonies of Alabama, Cincinnati, Detroit, Edmonton, Eugene, Houston, Jacksonville, New Jersey, Phoenix, and Virginia. Worldwide, Chloë Hanslip has appeared with the Adelaide Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra at the Proms, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra, Beethoven Orchester/Bonn, Violins of the Berlin Philharmonic, Bern Symphony, Birmingham Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Bremen Philharmonic, City of London Sinfonia, Czech Philharmonic, Duisburg Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony, Helsingborg Symphony/Sweden, Lahti Symphony/Finland, the London Philharmonic, London Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic, Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra/Brazil, Moscow State Symphony, Norwegian Radio Symphony, Nottingham Philharmonic, Orchestra Regionale Toscana, Philharmonia/London, Orchestra Sinfonica di Lugano, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, Prague Symphony, RAI/Torino, Real Filharmonia/Galicia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Tampere Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Tonkünstlerorchester/Vienna, and the Umeå Symphony in Sweden. Among the conductors with whom Ms. Hanslip has collaborated are Petr Altrichter, Stefan Blunier, Martyn Brabbins, Mei-Ann Chen, Paul Daniel, Sir Andrew Davis, Charles Dutoit, JoAnn Falletta, Thierry Fischer, Claus Peter Flor, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Richard Hickox, Mariss Jansons, Paavo Järvi, Michail Jurowski, Pavel Kogan, Christoph König, Hannu Lintu, Susanna Mälkki, the late Sir Neville Marriner, Gianandrea Noseda, Gerard Schwarz, Leif Segerstam, Alexander Shelley, Leonard Slatkin, Dmitri Slobodeniouk, Stefan Solyom, Vassily Sinaisky, Jeffrey Tate, Jac van Steen, Alexander Vedernikov, Christopher Warren-Green, Barry Wordsworth, and Xian Zhang. Active as a recording artist, Chloë Hanslip has received outstanding reviews for her two Naxos CDs: the John Adams Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin (2006), and the Violin Concertos of Benjamin Godard with the Slovak State Philharmonic under Kirk Trevor (2008). Two earlier CDs with the London Symphony Orchestra for Warner Classics won her, respectively, the German ECHO Classic Award for Best Newcomer (2002), and Young British Classical Performer at the Classical BRITS (2003). Her recording catalogue continues to grow with a highly acclaimed recital disc of works by Bazzini (2007), as well as the Hubay Violin Concertos with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (2008). Ms. Hanslip’s first release on the Hyperion label featured the Vieuxtemps violin concertos with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic under Martyn Brabbins (2012). Three other recordings were released the following year: Glazunov and Schoeck Concertos with the Lugano Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Vedernikov; Medtner Sonatas with pianist Igor Tchetuev; and York Bowen – The complete works for violin and piano with pianist Danny Driver, which received recommendations from Gramophone (Choice) and The Strad. For Rubicon Classics, her first release is one of a three-disc series featuring the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas, also with pianist Danny Driver. They are scheduled to complete the series this season at Turner Sims Concert Hall. A committed chamber musician, Ms. Hanslip is a regular participant at music festivals across Europe, including Båstad/Sweden, Kuhmo/Finland, Kutná Hora/Czech Republic, and West Cork/Ireland. In 2012/13, she was curator of the Leeds International Chamber Season where she devised a series of programs around American music. Ms. Hanslip is also an active recitalist both in the United States and the UK, performing regularly with recital partners including Danny Driver, Angela Hewitt, Charles Owen, Igor Tchetuev, and Ashley Wass. Chloë Hanslip studied for ten years with Russian pedagogue Zakhar Bron. She has also worked with Christian Tetzlaff, Robert Masters, Ida Haendel, Salvatore Accardo, and Gerhard Schulz. Ms. Hanslip plays a Guarneri del Gesu 1737. www.chloehanslip.com
RECORDINGS

Chloë Hanslip

PRESS ACCLAIM
BBC NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF WALES (The BBC PROMS)
"Hanslip takes up the raw electric violin for the finale, a ferocious outpouring of rage and grief, though a quiet coda in which she reverts to the standard instrument brings the work to a close in a mood of resignation. Her performance can only be described as a tour de force." [World premiere of Michael Berkeley's Violin Concerto]
THE GUARDIAN
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC
"The excitement built through the last movement. This is a whirl of a piece and Hanslip was dazzling in the subtleties — the flashes of light and shadow, the lightning-fast triplets. There was tremendous excitement ... Hanslip wrapped up the piece with dash, and the full house thundered to its feet, applauding." [Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto]
BUFFALO NEWS
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
“On the evidence of this concerto alone, Hanslip is a player in the ‘old souls’ category, an artist of exceptional musicianship, with a wisdom and grace beyond her years.”
CLASSICAL SOURCE
KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY
“Hanslip’s exquisite tone, especially in the upper register, and her mastery of the composition’s glissandi, harmonics and double stops put the music first over its demanding mechanics, making the dissonance accessible to the uninitiated listeners in the crowd.” [Szymanowski 3 Myths for Violin and Piano]
KANSAS CITY STAR
VIRGINIA SYMPHONY
“She brought a luxurious tone and developed technique to Korngold’s Concerto that easily relayed the work’s overall lushness… Hanslip’s interpretations appropriately highlighted the sustained sense of lyricism and romanticism, primarily featured in the “Moderato Nobile” and “Romance,” and the more energized and virtuoso aspects of the “Finale” which delighted the audience and produced a standing ovation.”
VIRGINIA GAZETTE
READING SYMPHONY
“While this was a standard, solid program, the performance, featuring violin soloist Chloë Hanslip, was anything but standard, injecting these works with fresh feeling and drama… Playing a superb 1737 Guarneri de Gesu violin, Hanslip produced a clear tone that cut through the orchestral cloth like a silver knife, playing with beautiful phrasing layered over a remarkable technique.”
READING EAGLE
MOSCOW STATE SYMPHONY
“… the Glass [concerto] was performed with such vivacity by Chloë Hanslip… It’s not a virtuosic work but Hanslip ensured that the second movement’s slow and sinuous theme was elegant, yet erotic, while the cadenza-like duet with timpani was excellent.”
BIRMINGHAM POST
ODENSE SYMFONIORKESTER
“As the soloist in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto [Hanslip] was a phenomenon! She played the concerto superbly, in close connection with Czech conductor Petr Altrichter; lightning-quick changes of atmosphere and tempi perfectly in place. She bubbles with joy in the lively virtuosities, while she made a poetic miracle of the intimate Andante.”
JYLLANDS POST (Denmark)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
“Coaxing an impressive range of dynamics, colours and depth of tone from her instrument, Hanslip totally engaged with the music from the outset [Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1]. Her full vibrato complimented perfectly the work’s more lyrical sections … it was a credit to her that she seemed willing (and able) to treat the performances as a partnership rather then a duel.”
CLASSICAL SOURCE (London)
CD REVIEW: ADAMS VIOLIN CONCERTO (Naxos)
“This might be one of Naxos’ best recordings ever. Young British violinist Chloë Hanslip is outstanding on this fascinating solo portrait CD. [Corigliano’s Red Violin Chaconne] demonstrates immediately that we are hearing a very special violinist. Hanslip’s sound is sensual, vocal and yearning and totally radiant in its top register. Leonard Slatkin has the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at their best with Hanslip out front displaying poise and authority that should be impossible at her age. I am converted - she is likely to become the greatest violinist of her generation.”
LIMELIGHT
CD REVIEW: BAZZINI VIRTUOSO WORKS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (Naxos)
“Hanslip certainly has the confidence and technique for the repertoire: more importantly, she’s able to engage with each piece, bringing out its particular expressive character. Hanslip’s musical personality, graceful and with spontaneous verve, brings everything to life.”
GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
REPERTOIRE LIST
ADAMS
Violin Concerto
The Dharma at Big Sur (electric violin and orchestra)
BACH
Concerto in A Minor BWV 1041
Concerto in E Major BWV 1042
Concerto in D Minor for 2 Violins BWV 1043
BARBER
Violin Concerto, Op. 14
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto, Op. 61
BERG
Violin Concerto
BERNSTEIN
Serenade
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto, Op. 77
BRITTEN
Violin Concerto, Op. 15
BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
Violin Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 58
The Scottish Fantasy in E-flat Major, Op. 46
CORIGLIANO
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra ("The Red Violin")
Chaconne from "The Red Violin"
DELIUS
Concerto (1916)
DVORÁK
Violin Concerto, Op. 53
DEAN
The Lost Art of Letter Writing (2006) for Violin and Orchestra
ELGAR
Violin Concerto, Op. 61
GLASS
Violin Concerto
GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82
Mazurka-Oberek in D Major for Violin and Orchestra
GODARD
Violin Concerto Romantique, Op. 35
Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 131
HOLT
Witness to a Snow Miracle
HUBAY
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 21 Dramatique
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, Op. 90
KABALEVSKY
Violin Concerto, Op. 48
KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto
KORNGOLD
Violin Concerto, Op. 35
LALO
Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Violin Concerto in D Minor
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
NYMAN
Violin Concerto
PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7
PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7
SARASATE
Carmen Fantasy
Zigeunerweisen
SCHOECK
Violin Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 21
SCHUMANN
Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 99
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto, Op. 47
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto, Op. 35
VIOTTI
Violin Concerto No. 22
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons
VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op.10
Violin Concerto No. 2, Op.19
WALTON
Violin Concerto in B Minor
WEILL
Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra
WIENIAWSKI
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22
DISCOGRAPHY
BOWEN
Complete works for violin and piano
Danny Driver, piano
Hyperion
VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concerto No 1 in E major Op 10
VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concerto No 2 in F sharp minor Op 19
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Hyperion
HUBAY
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 21, "Concerto dramatique"
HUBAY
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, Op. 90
Bournemouth Symphony
Andrew Mogrelia, conductor
Naxos
ADAMS
Violin Concerto
CORIGLIANO
Chaconne (from The Red Violin)
ENESCU
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, arr. Franz Waxman
WAXMAN
Tristan And Isolde Fantasia
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Naxos
BAZZINI
Virtuoso Works for Violin and Piano
with Caspar Frantz, piano
Naxos
BLOCH “Nigun” from Baal Shem BRUCH Adagio appassionata
GADE Capriccio for violin and orchestra
GLAZUNOV Meditation
MUSSORGSKY “Gopak” from Sorochinsky
PAGANINI La Campanella
SARASATE Romanza
SHOSTAKOVICH Romance from The Gadfly
TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz-Scherzo
WAXMAN Carmen Fantasie
WILLIAMS Theme from Schindler’s List
London Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann, conductor
Warner Classics
BRUCH Violin Concerti, Nos. 1 and 3 SARASATE Navarra
London Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Warner Classics
GODARD
Violin Concerti
Slovac State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice)
Kirk Trevor, conductor
Naxos










