Violinist Gene Hahn made his debut at Carnegie Hall as a guest soloist at the age of 13 and was a winner of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Young Musicians’ Competition. He has a bachelor’s degree in performance from the Manhattan School of Music and a Master’s degree from the Esther Boyer School of Music in Philadelphia where he was awarded full scholarship. Mr. Hahn has studied with the American String Quartet and members of The Philadelphia Orchestra and The New York Philharmonic. He's performed with the Grand Rapids Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra and as associate concertmaster of the West Michigan Symphony and is the founder of ESME.(Eclectic String Music Ensemble)