David Hahn is an internationally-recognized  composer whose works are commissioned and performed by professional ensembles and soloists throughout the world. 
Educated at Brown University, the New England Conservatory of Music, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Mr. Hahn received the doctorate in historical musicology at Stanford University.  He has performed with such groups as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony and Opera Orchestras, Boston Musica Viva, the Seattle Symphony, Musica Nel Chiostro in Florence, and the City of London Festival. He served on the faculty at the New England Conservatory where he co-founded the highly-acclaimed Boston Renaissance Ensemble which toured extensively in the US and abroad.
Awards
  • Artists Project Award from the Seattle Mayorʼs Office for the Arts and Cultural Affairs (2009)
  • ArtLink Collaborative Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Soros Foundation (1995)
  • 1st Prize: Classical Mandolin Society of America Composition Contest (2001)
  • Composer Assistance Grant from the American Music Center (2006)
  • Meet The Composer Grant (2006)
  • Puffin Foundation Grant (2003) 
  • GAP Grant from Artists Trust (2003) 
  • Graduate Fellowship from the Stanford Humanities Center (1992)
  • Graduate Fellowship from the Stanford University Music Department (1987-1993) 
  • Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society (1983)
"Vivacious, visceral, three-dimensional, alive!"           -Nancy Miller, Boston Globe

"David Hahn’s score is evocative, original music."
                -Melinda Bargreen, Seattle Times

"Mr. Hahn’s project creates a way to 
build musical bridges.   
           -Daniel Webster, Philadelphia Inquire