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			17-year-old violinist, Heidi Hatch, began studying music with her father, American violist Peter Hatch, before she was four years old. Her talent, even at this early age was precocious, and has continued to impress all who hear her. Her former mentor and teacher, the legendary Soviet-era violin guru, Professor Abram Shtern describes her as a "rare talent, a natural on stage and her playing is possessed of an emotional urgency and musical understanding far beyond her years." In December, 2005, she was featured in an interview in the Spanish Magazine "Melómano". Already by the age of 12, Heidi had graduated from the Lark Conservatory in Glendale, California, where she was a scholarship student; an accomplishment normally reserved for 18-year-old students that have studied for 10 years or more at the conservatory. Heidi made her professional debut as soloist with orchestra in Sarasate's "Carmen Fantasy" with the Glendale Symphony at the age of 11 where her performance provoked an enthusiastic standing ovation. At 12, she made her Spanish debut with the Murcia Symphony Orchestra in the Conus Violin Concerto with special concerts in Albacete and Alicante and immediately following the concert was re-engaged as soloist for the orchestra's regular subscription concert series in Murcia. She later appeared with other local (California) orchestras in Wieniawski's "Polonaise in A-major" and the Max Bruch Violin Concerto, and with the Alicante Symphony in Spain. She played her first full recital at the age of 10 in a program that included music by Beethoven, Sarasate and Paganini. Heidi Hatch has been the winner of numerous awards and prizes, including a 2006 Young Musician's Foundation Competitive Scholarship, the Antelope Valley Symphony's Young Artist Competition, the City of Glendale's Talent Search Contest two years in a row, and the Los Angeles City Elementary Schools Music Association (LACESMA) Scholarship Award. which she won at the unprecedented age of six. As a 5th-grade student at R. D. White Elementary School in Glendale, California, Heidi was cited as Student-of-the-Month and designated three times Ace Honor Student for Academic Excellence. She is presently enrolled in independent study as a junior in high school at the Verdugo Academy in La Crescenta, California where she regularly receives the highest marks. As the eldest daughter of Spanish citizen, Francisca Martinez Calixto, Heidi enjoys dual American/Spanish citizenship and lives with her family in Spain. In her spare time, she enjoys reading books, writing poetry, playing music with her sister, Alexis, sailing with her family, and taking care of her white cat named Archangelo Corelli. Presently, Heidi is a scholarship student at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid where she studies with Professor Zakhar Bron. In 2008, she played the Saint-Saëns Concerto in Albacete and Murcia, Spain with the Murcia Symphony and Mozart's Concerto Nº 5 in the Spanish city of Roqueta de Mar, in the province of Almeria. She is a member of the newest classical music festival in Spain in the city of Villanueva de los Infantes (Ciudad Real) where her performances of chamber music and the solo violin repertoire are enthusiastically received by the public. Heidi has just returned from a tour as soloist with the Bucharest Symphony with 8 performances of Havanaise by Saint-Saëns and Fantasy Caprice, Opus 22 by Vieuxtemps in major Spanish cities from Galicia and Catalunya in the north to Toledo and Almeria in the south. In April she will record a program for Spanish National Television that will be seen throughout Spain and internationally via satelite.