Hannah White

Described by New York Concert Review as “phenomenal”, Award-winning Black female violinist, Hannah White, pursues to be an authentic and relatable voice in today’s changing landscape of classical music.

Hitting her tempo as a soloist, Hannah soloed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at age nine and has been featured on stage across four continents ever since. Ms. White has soloed with symphonies as Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, South Bend Symphony Orchestra, Symphoria Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra Noir among many others. Hannah’s performances have earned dozens of reviews.

At Carnegie Hall, Hannah was featured twice as a soloist, and as a duet earning standing ovations and raving reviews at all three sold-out concerts. Hannah also soloed on four national and international tours with Sphinx Virtuosi, was concertmaster of two international tours with Chineke, and concertmaster and co-artistic director of three tours with Kontrapunktus Baroque, and performed for world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

In addition, she appeared as soloist at the League of American Orchestras National Conference, Music Teachers National Association National Conference, Dame Myra Hess recital series, Moscow Ballet, and Wolf Trap. Hannah is also featured on Rachel Barton Pine’s Music by Black Composers CD, and has collaborated with Thodos Dance Chicago, Fulcrum Point, Torq Percussion Quartet, principal members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Dance Center Evanston, Schaumburg Ice Skaters, Chicago Children’s Choir, and Pentatonix’s Kevin Olusola, among others.

Ms. White has played with top pop artists as Rhihanna, Billie Eilish, John Legend, Steve Lacey, Busta Rhymes, H.E.R., Earth Wind and Fire, Bell Biv Devoe, Billy Porter, Coco Jones, Lucky Daye, and Chaka Khan among many others. She has performed at the Academy Awards, BET Awards, ESPYs Awards, Oscars Academy Museum Gala, and has worked with producers on film soundtracks, music videos and albums.

Hannah has been invited to perform in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Severance Hall, Adelaide, Australia, Wigmore Hall London, England, Davos, Switzerland, Queen’s Hall, Edinburg, Scotland, Sau Paulo, Brazil, Kennedy Center, Trinity College Cambridge, England, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Dolby Theater, Ordway Center, Harris Theater, Ravinia, New World Center, Disneyland, Hill Auditorium, Hollywood Bowl, Morris Theater, Greek Theater, Meyerson Center, John’s Smith Square, Wolf Trap Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, Zipper Hall, Aspen Music Camp, Hill Auditorium, Dalton Center, Folly Theater, Gallery of Art Museum, Rackham Auditorium, Rockefeller University, and at the University of Austin among many more.

Media appearances include CNN, BBC, Today Show International in Davos, Switzerland, ABC, Amazon Live, Twitch, BET, CNBC International, Chicago’s WFMT, NPR’s From the Top, WCLV, WVIZ, Ideastream, Classical MPR, MPTV’s Black Nouveau, WPT, DPTV, Al Jazeera, Spark Media’s mini documentary series, Strad Magazine, Strings Magazine, Bein and Fushi Magazine, The Violin Channel, and numerous newspapers throughout United States.

Ms. White has won First Prizes at competitions at the regional, national, and international levels both as soloist and chamber musician. She was the recipient of the prestigious honors, scholarships and grants such as the Isaac Stern Award at Carnegie Hall, Ambassador of Doublestop Foundation, Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship, Musicians Club of Women of Chicago Scholarship, MPower Grant, Puth Foundation, William Warfield Scholarship, and was a Music Institute of Chicago Fellow Laureate.

Hannah believes in giving back to the community through imparting her world class training to kids of all social and economic status. She boasts of her participation in residencies at Columbia University, Penn State, University of Houston, and San Jose State University, and  has taught at various high schools and given masterclasses throughout United States.

She is currently a teacher at Colburn School’s Jumpstart, Stories and Strings, at the USC/Colburn Programs, and is on the faculty of the Santa Monica Conservatory of Music and the Montebello Royal Academy. As cultural ambassador, Ms. White has performed at over 100 outreaches.

Hannah graduated from the Colburn Conservatory studying with renowned teacher Robert Lipsett and is continuing her graduate studies with Mr. Lipsett at the Colburn Conservatory.

She plays on an instrument currently on generous loan from the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation.