Toby Hoffman

Viola

Toby Hoffman performs internationally as both soloist and chamber musician. He has performed at the Aspen, Chamber Music Northwest, Marlboro, and Seattle chamber music festivals, and has made orchestral appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Florida Orchestra and Prague Chamber Orchestra, among others. With he Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Mr. Hoffman has performed on dozens of occasions, both on tour and at Alice Tully Hall. 

Recently, he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Charles Dutoit and at the Salzburg Festival playing chamber music with pianist Maurizio Pollini. Mr. Hoffman's discography includes a recent release of French chamber music with Andre Previn for RCA, and almost all of Mozart's chamber music with violinist Salvlatore Accardo. Mr. Hoffman, born in Vancouver, B.C., is from a distinguished family of musicians, including his mother, Esther Glazer, with whom he studied violin and his brother, cellist Gary Hoffman.

He holds degrees from the Juilliard School, where he studied viola with Paul Doktor. Currently he plays on a 1628 Antonio and Hieronymus Amati viola made in Cremona, Italy, which formerly belonged to Queen Victoria of England.