Gary Hoffman
Visiting Professor in the Kronberg Academy Study Programmes
Gary Hoffman is one of the outstanding cellists of our time, combining instrumental mastery, great beauty of sound and a poetic sensitivity. He studied with Karl Fruh and János Starker. With 22, Hoffman became the youngest faculty member ever in the history of Indiana University School of Music. He gained international renown on being the first North American to win the Rostropovich International Competition in Paris in 1986.
A frequent soloist with the world’s most noted orchestras, he has appeared with the Chicago, London, Montreal, Toronto, San Francisco, Baltimore and National Symphony orchestras as well as the English, Moscow and Los Angeles chamber orchestras, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Netherlands and Rotterdam Philharmonics, the Cleveland Orchestra for the Blossom Festival and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr Hoffman has collaborated with such celebrated conductors as André Previn, Charles Dutoit, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pinchas Zukerman, Andrew Davis, Herbert Blomstedt, Kent Nagano, Jesús López-Cobos and James Levine. He performs in major recital and chamber music series throughout the world, as well as at such prestigious festivals as those in Ravinia, Marlboro, Aspen, Bath, Evian, Helsinki, Verbier, Mostly Mozart, Schleswig-Holstein and Stresa, the Festival International de Colmar and the Festival de Toulon. He is a frequent guest of string quartets including the Emerson, Tokyo, Borromeo, Brentano and Ysaÿe.
In 2011, Gary Hoffman was appointed Maître en Résidence for the cello at the prestigious Chapelle de Musique Reine Elisabeth in Brussels. As a visiting tutor, he regularly teaches the students of Kronberg Academy since 2008. He performs on a 1662 Nicolo Amati, the “ex-Leonard Rose”.
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Programme subject to change.
FÜR CASALS
Participants
- Anna Im violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Samuel Rosenthal viola
- Noga Shaham viola
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Chloe Jiyeong Mun piano
Programme
Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
From Jewish Life, B 54
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
Pablo Casals (1876–1973)
Rêverie
Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966)
Requiebros
INTERMISSION
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
Concert introduction at 6:45 p.m. with Prof. Dr. Tiago de Oliveira Pinto.
Subject to change
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Subject to change.
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Programme subject to change.
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Programme subject to change.
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Programme subject to change.
Öffentliche Cello Meisterkurse
Participants
- Ildikó Szabó cello
- Frans Helmerson cello
- Gary Hoffman cello
- Jens Peter Maintz cello
- Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt cello
Programme
Five artistic personalities – five perspectives, five approaches, five paths to music.
Where is the spark that sets everything alight? It is found where great artists inspire young talents and pass on their knowledge and experience. Every two years, Kronberg Academy invites cello students from around the world to the “World Capital of the Cello” (Mstislav Rostropovich). Over the course of almost a week, they receive valuable inspiration and guidance from five distinguished teachers in public masterclasses. This year, we are delighted to welcome Ildikó Szabó, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Jens Peter Maintz and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
For interested visitors, the public masterclasses offer a unique opportunity to explore even the most hidden corners of the cello repertoire.
Day ticket for the public masterclasses: €12
Valid for all masterclasses on one day; free admission for young people and students under the age of 27.
The detailed class schedule will be announced at short notice.
Venues: Casals Forum, Stadthalle, Galerie Opper
Programme subject to change.