DYLAN HAMME, VIOLIN
Rising young violinist Dylan Hamme made his Carnegie Hall debut this October performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Maestro Constantine Kitsopoulos and the Senior Concert Orchestra of New York as winner of the 2025 Waldo Mayo Violin Competition.
As winner of The Juilliard School’s 2024 Ligeti Violin Concerto Competition, Dylan performed as soloist at Alice Tully Hall with Juilliard’s AXIOM Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Milarsky.
Currently Dylan is pursuing his Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School as a student of Catherine Cho on full tuition scholarship, following the completion of his bachelor’s degree at Juilliard under Areta Zhulla. His other teachers and mentors include Scott Yoo, Ying Fu, Ray Iwazumi, and Amelia Gold. An avid chamber and orchestral musician, Dylan is in demand with leading ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, the GRAMMY-winning St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Carnegie Hall’s NYO-USA All Stars, and as soloist with the GRAMMY-nominated North/South Consonance Ensemble, performing Max Lifchitz’s Violin Concerto “Intervencion.” Dylan has held concertmaster and principal positions with The Juilliard Orchestra, the Colorado College Summer Festival Orchestra, and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra.
Dylan’s recent honors include his selection as the USA finalist (performance) of The Respighi Prize 2025, presented by the Chamber Orchestra of New York, and his upcoming participation as a semi-finalist in the 2025 Joseph Bologne International Violin Competition, which will take place in Guadeloupe during the Festival International de Musique Saint-Georges November 18-22, 2025. Previous awards include first prizes in the Adelphi Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition (2020 Senior Division); the Grace Gimbel Young Artist Competition (Suburban Music Study Club); New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra’s Concerto Competition, with whom he performed Ravel’s Tzigane as featured soloist; and top violin prizes from the Caprio Young Artist Competition (The Riverside Symphonia); TCO Concerto Competition (The Chappaqua Orchestra); and New York Chamber Players Orchestra Concerto Competition.
At age eleven, Dylan was featured on NBC’s Today Show performing with violinist Joshua Bell. He made his concerto debut at age twelve with David Gilbert and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra performing Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole. Also an accomplished singer, Dylan debuted with The New York Philharmonic at age eight in their acclaimed production of Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen. A former member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Children’s Chorus, Dylan was one of three solo boys (spirit guides) in their 2016 production of The Magic Flute.