This month violinist Hilary Hahn won the Grammy Award for "Best


On Hahn's website (and YouTube) are some interesting videos related to this groundbreaking CD.
In the following video, Randy Schoenberg (grandson of the composer) asks the young violinist the same questions that Arnold Schoenberg had originally asked of Louis Krasner: the Russian-born American violinist who commissioned and premiered the concerto. (A little factoid is that Krasner was once a professor of music at Syracuse University, and coached a young clarinetist by the name of Donald Martino in chamber music).
Although I did not know Louis Krasner very well, he was a great musician, teacher, and mentor at New England Conservatory. He was a major supporter of new music and of Boston-area composers. Until his death in 1995 at the age of 91, I would see him often at concerts, and we'd talk about his experience premiering pieces by Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern (he knew them all).
I sure that Krasner would be very happy with Hahn's performance and her success with the piece.
http://www.hilaryhahn.com/
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