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Gary Hoffman is one of the outstanding cellists of today, combining instrumental mastery, great beauty of sound, and a poetic sensibility in his distinctive and memorable performances.
Mr. Hoffman achieved international renown following his victory as the first American to win the Rostropovich International Cello Competition in Paris in 1986.
Gary Hoffman has appeared as soloist with some of the world's most noted orchestras, including those of Chicago, London, Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco, as well as the National Symphony Orchestra and the English and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestras, collaborating with such celebrated conductors as André Prévin, Charles Dutoit, James Levine, Mstislav Rostropovich, Andrew Davis, Herbert Blomstedt...
His major recitals have included appearances at Alice Tully Hall, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, Teatro Pergola in Florence, the Tivoli in Copenhagen, the Gulbenkian in Lisbon, the St. Lawrence Center in Toronto, and McGill University in Montreal.
In 1998-99, among many appearances in chamber music and recitals, he is performing with orchestras in Madrid (RTVE), Cordoba, Detmold, and next season with the Orchestre National de France, the Chamber Orchestra of Israël, the Orchestre de Monte-Carlo, the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, and in Spain, Madrid, Bonn (Beethoven all Sonata cello/piano with JF Heisser), etc.
A much sought-after performer at summer festivals, he has been a guest at Ravinia, Aspen, Bath, Marlboro, Mstislav Rostropovich's International Music Festival of Evian (France), the Casals Festival in Prades (France), La Roque d'Anthéron or LaGrange de Meslay, Helsinki, Mostly Mozart series, etc. This summer among other festivals he will perform in La Jolla, Santa Fe, Schleswig-Holstein, Verbier (where he'll perform in July Don Quichote / Strauss, under the baton of Maestro Nagano) ...
Gary Hoffman was born in Vancouver, Canada, in 1956. At 15 he made his London recital debut in Wigmore Hall; his New York recital debut occurred in 1979.
At the age of 22 he became the youngest faculty appointee in the history of the Indiana University School of Music, where he remained for eight years. Mr. Hoffman, who is frequently invited to hold master classes, has coached cellists at numerous institutions and festivals, including Aspen, the Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar at the University of Southern California, the Sibélius Academy in Helsinki, Casals' Festival in Prades, the Eastman School of Music, Schleswig-Holstein, Verbier, Ravinia, etc.
Gary Hoffman records for BMG (RCA), Sony, EMI and Harmonia Mundi.
He resides in Paris. His cello is the 1662 Nicolo Amati formerly owned
by Leonard Rose.
