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‘Music so sublime it reaches heaven’: Gary Hoffman on the Schumann Cello Concerto
The cellist is preparing for an upcoming performance of the concerto arranged for strings. Hoffman tells the The Strad how it differs from the original orchestration
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How to play with a flexible bowing arm by cellist Gary Hoffman
The American musician explains how he developed a supple and varied bow arm motion, guided by his ear and musical instinct
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Sentimental Work: Gary Hoffman
For the American cellist, Brahms’s op.99 Sonata in F major is the alpha and omega of cello playing, allowing for every possible feeling and a vast array of interpretations
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Cellist Gary Hoffman gives Tchaikovsky masterclass 2016
In each case your shift is taking place on the new bow rather than the old bow, which means you're not anticipating the new position.' Gary Hoffman gives a cello masterclass at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel on Tchaikovsky's Pezzo capriccioso, op.62 on 9 May 2016. The ...
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Gary Hoffman gives Chopin Cello Sonata masterclass
It's possible play with a variety of ups and downs in the line, and to connect your musical ideas' Gary Hoffman gives a masterclass on Chopin's Cello Sonata at the Curtis Institute of Music. Read 6 practice and interpretation tips by cellist Gary Hoffman.
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Gary Hoffman performs Brahms's Piano Quintet in F minor
Cellist Gary Hoffman, who gives a Masterclass on Brahms in our January 2014 issue, here performs the fourth movement of the composer's great Piano Quintet in F minor with a stellar team of violinists Pinchas Zukerman, Ida Kavafian, violist Paul Neubauer and David Golub on piano, in ...
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Cellist Gary Hoffman on Brahms, bowings, fingerings, and finding the perfect tempo
The cellist, who gives our January Masterclass, shares his deeply philosophical approach to the instrument
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Gary Hoffman
Gary Hoffman was born into a family of musicians in Vancouver, Canada in 1956. He made his public debut at Wigmore Hall in London at the age of 15 before giving his first concert in New York in 1979. At the age of 22, he became the ...
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Gary Hoffman shares his cello wisdom
Singing when you practise can save you years, the cellist tells Ariane Todes