Hans Hoffer Cellist Hans Hoffer is a frequent performer as both an orchestral and chamber musician. A former member of the Anchorage Symphony, Hoffer is a scholar of the Academy at All Hallows, where he serves as Principal Cello. He is also a longtime member of the Northstate Symphony, where he has performed as Assistant-Principal since 2006. He is a regular substitute with many Northern California orchestras, including recent appearances with the Sacramento Philharmonic, the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, the Modesto Symphony, the Mendocino Music Festival, and the Townsend Opera Players. A dedicated performer and instructor of chamber music, Hoffer has been, since 2004, cellist of the Tyree Trio. He has concertized widely on the west coast, including appointments as an Emerging Artist at the Mendocino Music Festival and as principal cellist of the Chico Bach Festival. He is on staff at the California Captital Chamber Music Workshop and a fellow of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra. He is also a member of Sacramento's Camerata Capistrano, a historically-informed performance ensemble. His primary teachers have been Linda Ottum, Andrew Luchansky, and Carla-Maria Rodrigues, and he has performed in master classes for such artists as the Tokyo String Quartet, Gilbert Kalish, Wieland Kuijiken, the Apple Hill Chamber Players, Eleanor Schoenfeld, and Chris Finckel. He lives in Sacramento.

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