Rachelle Hunt

German-American violinist Rachelle Hunt has built an international career defined by versatility, curiosity, and a deep commitment to chamber music. Praised by the international press for her “passion, empathy and precision” and her “outstanding” performances, she has appeared as a soloist with ensembles including the Strings of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Chamber Orchestra, and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Ecuador. Equally at home as a soloist and chamber musician, she performs regularly in settings ranging from intimate salons and alternative venues to major international concert halls and festivals, including the Kennedy Center (USA), the Frankfurt Radio Hall (Germany), the Romanian Athenaeum (Romania), and Casa de la Música (Ecuador). Her performances have been featured on NPR, German radio, and television in Venezuela and Colombia, and her recordings and livestreams have been selected for the digital collections of the International Mozarteum Foundation (Austria), ARD Mediathek (Germany), and ARTE Concert (France/Germany). Her close collaborations with living composers have led to the premiere of numerous works in a wide variety of instrumentations.

Alongside dozens of solo and chamber appearances around the globe each season, Rachelle has been a tenured member of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (hr-Sinfonieorchester) for more than a decade and serves on the violin faculty of Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium in Frankfurt. She graduated summa cum laude from Rice University before receiving a Fulbright Grant to continue her studies at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf in Germany, where she earned both the Konzertexamen and Chamber Music Certificates with highest honors.

A native of Virginia, Rachelle is delighted to return to ACMF this season.