Following the success at the 2022 Carl Nielsen Competition – including Prize for Best Interpretation and the Odense Symphony Orchestra Prize – Hans Christian has recorded his first orchestral album with conductor Gemma New, featuring the Bruch violin concerto and Erkki-Sven Tüür’s second violin concerto, to be released on Orchid Classics in 2025. He also recently appeared in Deutsche Grammophon’s new landmark series “Rising Stars” on STAGE+ and, together with pianist Karolina Aavik, recorded three singles on the label’s “Musical Moments” series; the 3rd movement of the Enescu Violin Sonata no. 3; Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium; and Eduard Oja’s Aeital’s Suite III, The Dance of the Magazitly. His debut album “AETERNUS” with Karolina Aavik was recorded at the Arvo Pärt Centre in 2021 and featured works by Bach, Schubert and Pärt.

Born in Tallinn in 1998, Hans Christian started his violin studies at the age of five. In 2017 he moved to Germany to study at the Frankfurt Music Academy of Music and Arts under the tutelage of Erik Schumann and Angelika Merkle. He is currently studying at the Music and Arts Private University of Vienna with Julian Rachlin and Evgeny Sinaiski and at the Kronberg Academy with Erik Schumann. He has also received additional guidance from Iván Fischer, Christoph Eschenbach, Cristian Macelaru, Kirill Gerstein, Augustin Hadelich, Steven Isserlis, Sophia Rahman, Sir András Schiff, Enrico Pace, Antoine Tamestit, Gary Hoffman, Kolja Blacher, Dénes Várjon and worked with conductors including Neeme Järvi, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and Oksana Lyniv.