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CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED
COMPOSER • VIOLINIST • ACTOR
"WHERE SOUND SPEAKS"
"EDWARD W. HARDY, WHO COMPOSED
THE OMNIPRESENT MUSIC,
PLAYS THE VIOLIN
SUPERBLY"
LISTEN TO HARDY'S ORIGINAL WORKS, ARRANGEMENTS & COLLABORATIONS
Evolution (for solo violin)
by Edward w. hardy
Colorado Public Radio | CPR classical Performance studio
Strange Fruit (for string quartet)
BY BILLIE HOLIDAY & Abel Meeropol, arranged by Edward w. hardy
The General Theological Seminary, NYC | CHURCH SERVICE
daniel constant, violiN
Tia Allen, viola
thapelo masita, cello
BORN FREE (for SOPRANO, VIOLIN, AND PIANO)
by Edward w. hardy, Lyrics by Margaret Walker
Performed by the Almost Quintet
GRACE'S & ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, NYC | PUBLIC CONCERT
Thong Song, Back That Azz Up,
Not Like Us (Violin Cover)
by Sisqo, Juvenile, and Kendrick Lamar, Arr. Edward W. Hardy
Southampton, NYC | PRIVATE EVENT
Zigeunerweisen (for violin & Orchestra)
by Pablo de Sarasate
LITTLETON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Colorado | PUBLIC CONCERT
The Colors of my life (From "Barnum")
by Cy Coleman & Michael Stewart, Arranged by Drew Wutke
Cipriani 42nd Street, AMERICAN THEATRE WING, NYC | PRIVATE EVENT
RECENT INTERVIEW WITH MULTI-GENRE PERFORMANCES
On the Town with Solo Violinist
Dr. Edward W. Hardy
Backstage Pass with Lia Chang, Ep 138
Richard Rodgers Amphitheater, NYC | PUBLIC CONCERT
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Praised for “composing the omnipresent music and playing the violin superbly” (The New York Times), composer, violinist, and actor Dr. Edward W. Hardy bridges classical, contemporary, and Black musical traditions. Known for his acclaimed score for the Obie Award-winning The Woodsman and his work as composer, violinist, and actor in Anna Deavere Smith's Basil Biggs, he has performed at Carnegie Hall 33 times and appeared at Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, the Met Gala, and New York Fashion Week. A DownBeat Award winner with one album, eight singles, and a growing catalog of genre-spanning compositions, Hardy continues shaping contemporary violin performance through storytelling and cultural reflection.
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UPCOMING Performances
Westchester Philharmonic: The Sum of All Things
Four pieces of music that add up to the totality of the human spirit. Beethoven's joy and playfulness (yes, that Beethoven). Brahms' pure mastery of sound, shape and emotion. Arvo Pärt summarizing the nature of the universe in five minutes with 22 string players. And Chef Amadeus cooking up a three-course repast to thoroughly thrill all your senses. Benjamin Hochman and Phil musicians Deborah Wong, Kyle Armbrust, and Maureen Hynes thrilled our chamber series audiences in 2025 with this same Brahms Quartet, reprised here for the wider audience it deserves; Dr. Edward W. Hardy, violin 1.
Sunday, October 18, 2026 | 3:00 PM EST ($27-$49)
Recital Hall: The Purchase PAC | NY
American Composers Orchestra: Hello, America: We Gather Here
The American Composers Orchestra represents endless possibility—and no two performances are ever alike. Tonight, hear the legendary new-music ensemble and conductor Kedrick Armstrong premiere five new works by exciting American composers, joined by electric violinist Tracy Silverman, Vietnamese instrumentalist Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, clarinetist Andrzej Ciepliński, vocalist Mali Irene, and percussionist Sidney Hopson. These new works explore the ways in which music is designed to bring people together in specific settings, from memorials and weddings to town halls and street dances. By exploring music from these gatherings on the Zankel Hall concert stage, they reframe the idea of a “concert gathering” and offer a unique window into this nearly universal human experience; Dr. Edward W. Hardy, violin.
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 | 7:30 PM EST ($65-$71)
Carnegie Hall: Zankel Hall | NYC
Worcester Orchestra: Ellington and Gershwin
Music Worcester’s Artist-in-Residence Everett McCorvey’s conducts The Worcester Chorus, the WPI Festival Chorus, and a guest orchestra in a concert showcasing the work of Duke Ellington and George Gershwin, two monumental American composers of the 20th century. This program features Gershwin’s incomparable Porgy and Bess – arranged for solo piano, orchestra and chorus, as well as a choral arrangement of his Rhapsody in Blue, alongside an orchestral performance of Ellington’s last work, Three Black Kings, written to commemorate King Balthazar, King Solomon, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, November 1, 2026 | 5:00 PM EST ($20-$80)
The Hanover Theatre | Worcester, MA
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