The Violin Channel recently caught up with violinist and VC Artist Hans Christian Aavik for a fun game of 20 Questions.

 

Estonian violinist Hans Christian Aavik was the First Prize Winner at the 2022 Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition, and he has been the recipient of numerous other awards, including the Usedom Prize, the Annual Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, and the “Musician of the year” title from the Association of Estonian Professional Musicians.

In 2021, he released his debut album AETERNUS with pianist Karolina Aavik. A graduate of the Frankfurt Music Academy of Music and Arts, Aavik is currently a student at the Kronberg Academy. His teachers include Julian Rachlin, Evgeny Sinaiski, and Erik Schumann.