hilary hahn being a legend for 14 minutes straight 

i just know that brett has already watched this video lmao

I didn’t know how much I needed to see Hilary interviewing a fish until I did

When Hilary Hahn calls a recorder a flute it becomes a flute.

Her taking the piss out of contemporary music had me dying.

"So. What you made you want to be a fish?" Most random thing ever, and it's epic.

why does she never age

I've heard Hilary play several times, and her poise and concentration are unparalleled. Her playing is not just musical but astonishingly accurate, especially her Bach. I've also met her after concerts before, and it may seem unbelievable, but she is even more radiant and beautiful in person and faultlessly polite as well.

She actually took a full five minutes to interview a fish. Legend is indeed the perfect word.

Dear Hillary, you have broken a wall of silence, along with artistes like Augustin Hadelich. For the first time, the world has witnessed a new breed of violinists whose are completely down to earth , non-egocentric and open. You have shared secrets and techniques, which for centuries, none of the famous violinists before you ever care to speak about. Bravo Miss ! I appreciate and respect you.

hilary hahn : is on stage at 15 me : starting violin at almost 15

protect her at all cost!

alternative title : Hilary Hahn being a cute legend for 14 minutes straight.

Hilary is honestly cracked how tf does one play so perfectly and be so chill at the same time? She’s like a science experiment I swear to god.

I met Ms. Hahn several years ago. I was on Facebook and this ad popped up, saying she will be in my vicinity for a small recital. I bought 3 tix, for me, my late husband, and for our youngest who now is studying jazz piano. She was very pregnant at that time and I believe the pianist was her husband. We saw her on stage and she was absolutely glowing. Her stage presence was beyond captivating and we all felt like there was an aura all around her. She was like a goddess. She played impromptu pieces accompanied by her husband (forgive me if I am wrong). And then she had a meet and greet after the recital. I asked her if I could get a pic with her. She agreed, but she asked me if I could wait till she was done with all the other guests giving them her autograph. In person she was like a girl next door, modest, humble, sweet, and kind, like you see in the videos. This baffled us more remembering her stage presence. She signed my case which is also adorned by Perlman, Bell, Chang, and Ben Folds (at this point, you can say my case values more than my violin, lol). She also signed the cover of my Bach Partitas and Sonatas for solo violin. I framed it. It was one of the most treasured moments I got to have with my late husband. He was so happy that I got to meet her because he knew how much I adored her. Ms. Hahn, I hope you come to know what you did for me and my late husband.

RU-vid: Have you ever heard of a woman called Hilary Hahn? Me: No. RU-vid: Wanna watch a frightfully personal video of her being "A LEGEND?" Me: Yes, apparently.

Totally lost it at the fish interview. she is like Studio Ghibli's interpretation of a concert violinist. What a treasure.

Her facial expressions during the fish interview show what a fine actress she is. "Do you have any advice for people who would like to become fish? like how to get started?"

I interpret this interview with a fish as a subtle metaphor for her own interviews and the questions she often answers. If we substitute the word "fish" by the word "violinist" in the entire interview, it becomes thoughtful, ironic and even more humorous. "So when you decided to be a violinist?" - sort of: but is that even a decision? I feel that in a way, she is kinda offering journalists another view on reality, for all those who project on her life the image of an "epic life of a heroic woman". The interview with a fish is like a revelation that she is just a simple and ordinary girl, just like everybody (with no more significance than a fish - that's a good perspective!), who hasn't decided anything but was simply dragged by the flow of life. She's the fish being led in life by the conductor-river. There's the hidden message of genuine humility in that interview, and this message is transmitted through the best way that a really humble person would transmit: with no arrogance, a message disguised as an innocent joke to all interviewers who are sensitive enough to perceive it.

Her performance of "contemporary music" = priceless

8:36 OMG swimming with that beautiful dress. I laughed and cried the same time

Hilary Hahn's puppet show was something I didn't know I needed

9:42 I know she can speak and understand German and Japanese but Fishglish is quite hard to learn.

That fish can't comprehend the fact that it's in the presence of Hilary Hahn. Wow even a fish is more lucky than me.

5:55 the happiest conductor I have ever seen in my entire life

It’s interesting seeing this fun,sweet, and wholesome woman while simultaneously recognizing this is one of the greatest classical musicians.

Hilary: Interviews fish Me: *types on google: how to become a fish

8:38 she jumped in a lake with a DRESS

Hilary is the computer of violinists (like Larry Bird of basketball). Poise, perfection, beauty, execution...like a computer but with all the human aspect included.

Imagine the fish died in the middle of the interview 😂

I love how she just jumped in still wearing her concert gown. That is sooo something she would do XD

The swimming clip is filmed just below Edvard Grieg's home in Bergen, where there is now a small concert hall built.

Hilary Hahn playing "contemporary music" 🤣🤣🤣

I didn't know this existed. I'm so happy this exists.

Oh gawd, now I am seriously going all fan boy on this woman, I love her playing but I really love the wonderful humor of watching her play with puppets. Oh my....interviewing the lucky fish unexpectedly brought a thoughtful look to her face, it can't be easy being so talented and hardworking when she is really a young woman in that hyper competitive world. She is so great. Bravo !!!!

Lingling ✨

Ages ago I heard her recording of the Bach Partitas on the Radio and just had to buy the CD. Then I heard her being interviewed on the Radio and thought what a truly lovely person she is. She never disappoints. She's a real international treasure !!! Thank you.

No wonder why Brett and Eddy have such a crush on her.

not. only does she play violin like a goddess but she also speaks to fish

This is so precious I can't handle it

0:27 "This is contemporary music" Lmfao

I didn’t know just how much fun watching Hilary interview a fish would be! I love it!

This video has the exact same structure as SDAIAY, with therapy time at the end.

Yes DRAAAAAAGGGG that contemporary music 😂😂😂😂

*rushes to google* "how to be a fish"

Correction: She’s always been a legend

Plot twist: The fish was talking to her

We all need Hilary Hahn interviewing a fish in our lives

The fish interview was ingenious, she is hilarious

This is pure Gold!

Zero dislikes... as it should be

Why does Hilary's rendition of contemporary music remind me of that episode in Friends, when Ross was performing his sound HAHA

that was the best contemporary music roast ever

OMG she's so adorable!

she's so precious, cute and humble! what an amazing human being with tremendous talent

Some humans are like they came from other planets. She looks like most of us but she is not, she is a goddess.

I want a full 5 season series of Hillary interviewing a fish.

I saw in this the elements of play, the inner child, and how these relate to creativity.

That contemporary music was actually a song from the Breath of the wild soundtrack

It's so rare for people to have the same positive radiance as her, I don't even know why but it reminds of how Winona Ryder was back at the 90s.

on top of being a prodigious violinist, she is a contemporary composer? amazing

Brett is simping somewhere hiding in the comments i bet

The fish interview was absolute poggers

The no 1 violinist worldwide!!! Period!!!!

A fan for decades, what a beautiful artist and human. Have always loved the witty fish interview and her gown swim. She made holiday ornaments for 40 min on instagram last year and it somehow was the best and exactly what i needed sitting at home. She is such a gift to the world just being herself and then bringing her masterful playing. I Will see her soon in March. Cant wait.

The contamporary music she made, is actually pretty legit 😂

OMG this is gold! Thanks so much for sharing!

I have such a crush on her 😍😫

omg....she dove into the lake in her concert gown...legend!!!

She is the best!!! Thanks for this lovely video! 😍❤️❤️❤️

"so- do you have any advice for people who would want to become fish someday? and whats your favorite thing about this- lifestyle; living in a bowl?" I DIED LAUGHING shes such an amazing violinist and a beautiful person inside and out; I mean who else do you know can look as epic walking on a street as the sibelius third THEY PLAYED plays in the background? absolute legend

"14 minutes" Impossible. Perhaps the archives are incomplete.

How lovely she is. You can't do anything but to love her

I saw my first live orchestra about 16 or so years ago in Montreal. And Hilary was the main soloist at the time. Was a memorable experience.

Thanks to Two Set for the introduction. A very pleasant one, to say the least.😉

Bro the interview with the fish i can't- 😭 i love her

Love this. I happen to have the privilege of seeing Hilary perform 3 times in San Francisco, once at a small music venue while she was 8 months pregnant, once in front of the full SF Symphony and the last in a solo performance in front of a full symphony hall and it was completely mesmerizing. In all of these her warmth and charming personality shined through even as she mastered the most challenging pieces, including Brahms, Sibelius and Mendelssohn. Even several years after becoming a mother, her youthful energy and fun-loving character shined through. For anyone who had never heard or seen her play before, seeing one performance makes it clear that Hilary's talent and mastery is a gift to our generation of music lovers.

this also shows me how boring my life is. lol

Hillary Hahn, the goddess of violin performers, and also a wholesome person i've seen so far.

Where did you get these from??? God honestly I stan

7:37 are you kidding me with that smile...

you would think she’s intense and intimidating, but a lot of music legends are actually nice human beings lol

the best 14 minutes of my week. best edit ever. she had me awed at pumpkin carving. the highlight was the beta fish interview. a heck of a musician, orator, and actress? Only Hilary Hahn

Music at 5:52 is "Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 - III. Allegro, ma non tanto"

She really kept a straight face while interviewing a fish, I love her.

Why does she act like a mix of Erin or Pam from The Office? 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

ONLY HILARY WOULD BE THAT PRECIOUS INTERVIEWING A FISH

It's about 25 years since I first saw her perform and thought how wonderful to be a member of a species that can produce someone like her. Now the puppet show, the leap into the lake in an evening gown, and the fish interview (!!!) show me that besides being brilliantly talented, she's also brilliantly silly. Now she's 40 (!!! again) and, as she says elsewhere on the InterTube, 40 to 60 is considered the most productive part of a violinist's life! Just imagine!

AAAAHHHHHHH HILARY IS OUR PRECIOUS ANGEL

After watching this I understand why twoset and Hilary are besties

LOVE discovering her sense of humor! That swim was ... Wow. Had no idea Hilary was so down-to-earth and joyful!!!I Interviewing a fish! How creative and how wonderfully childlike. TOO cute. Delightful to find out that one of your musical heroes is as much an angel as she is a musician ...

„Oh, I can imagine“... The fish was so astonished (because he could not imagine anything himself) that he froze just for a moment...;-))

I could watch Hilary Hahn interview a fish for hours

The best part of this video is that she said a Chinese musician could play ping pong really well. Brett is ethnically Chinese and he used to play ping pong (table tennis) competitively. I sure hope he and Hilary have played a few games!

hillary swimming in a ball gown at 10pm and interviewing fish are the best things ever

Crazy girl. That fish interview was hilarious

thanks for your post Hilary is so amazing and natural .when you see her you know whats beautiful life means

Can someone please transcribe Hilary's drum solo?

Concert players: best moment of my life was not being on BBC proms I played with Hilary Hahn Violin players dream...

1:41 Oh My God that section I literally cannot. How can she be so adorable

0:36 her casually doing asmr