His two older brothers were already playing cello and piano when Hadelich (age 5) began his studies on the violin with his father, an agriculturalist and amateur cellist.

[2] After his recovery, Hadelich graduated summa cum laude from the Istituto Mascagni in Livorno, Italy, and successfully auditioned for admission to The Juilliard School.

[5] Shortly after winning first prize at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 2006, Hadelich proved himself ready for the world stage through several short-notice substitutions with major orchestras.

[16] In February 2016, Hadelich won his first Grammy Award for the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category at the 58th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for his performance of Henri Dutilleux’s Violin Concerto, ‘L'arbre des songes’, with the Seattle Symphony and music director Ludovic Morlot on the Seattle Symphony Media label.

[2] Hadelich has also received an Avery Fisher Career Grant (2009), a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship (2011) and Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award (2012).

[23] In 2021, Augustin Hadelich was appointed to the faculty of the Yale School of Music, where he teaches a limited number of violinists and gives master classes for all YSM string players.