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Patrick Hahn
Conductor / Composer
Conductor, composer and pianist Patrick Hahn was born in 1995 in Graz, Austria and is
already an award winning artist both at home and abroad having received recognition for his
compositions and performances in New York, Chicago, La Crosse, Salzburg and Vienna.
As a conductor, Patrick has worked with orchestras as well as opera houses including the
Hungarian State Opera Budapest at a gala concert in September 2014, Leipziger
Symphonieorchester, Hamburger Symphoniker, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Savaria
Symphony Orchestra and Capella Calliope. He was a Fellow at the 2016 Aspen Conducting
Academy, and in January 2017 he will return to the Tiroler Festspiele Erl to conduct
Mendelssohn's Symphony No.2.
Patrick’s first composition was an opera, Die Frittatensuppe, which he premiered in 2008. In
2013 he was awarded the 2nd prize from 170 submissions worldwide for his composition
Ameraustrica at the 2013 Penfield Music Commission Project Contest (New York, USA).
Aside from his work in classical music, Patrick has a keen interest in jazz and has received
awards as a pianist at jazz festivals such as Chicago, and the ‘Outstanding Soloist Award’
from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse as the best jazz pianist of the 37th Annual Jazz
Festival.
Patrick received his vocal training and musical experience in various opera houses
throughout Austria. He studied piano with Maria Zgubic and orchestral conducting with Martin
Sieghart, Wolfgang Bozic and Johannes Prinz at the University of Music and Performing Arts
Graz, Austria. He has also taken part in masterclasses with Kurt Masur and Bernard Haitink.
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