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Hoffman has appeared in a variety of major repertoire at LA Opera, including Mr Kallenbach in Philip Glass Satyagraha and Maximillian in the Zambello production of Candide. He performed Paul in Darrah’s production Les enfants terribles for Opera Omaha and The Steward in Kristine McIntyre’s production of Jonathan Dove Flight. He has joined forces with composer/conductor Matthew Aucoin in a series of after-hours concerts at LA Opera entitled The Song: From Schubert to Springsteen as well as a chamber concert in conjunction with The Colburn School. He has worked in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in a chamber series.
As an in-demand recitalist, Hoffman made his debut with the New York Festival of Song in 2013 in its Ports of Call programme at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts and later performed at Carnegie Hall with the organisation in its 2014 spring gala commemorating Leonard Bernstein. Since then, he has joined NYFOS for their After Hours and NYFOS Next series, as well as Craigslistlieder, Other Love Songs and Great American Songwriting Teams at Juilliard. In 2016, he was named a member of their Artists Council after his curatorial involvement in Schubert/Beatles, which makes future appearances with Moab Music Festival and Lyric Opera of Kansas City. In 2014, he made his Alice Tully Hall debut in Juilliard Songfest, at which he performed Britten Songs and Proverbs of William Blake with Brian Zeger. A former SongFest Stern Fellow, his performances included joining Martin Katz for Ravel Don Quichotte a Dulcinée and a recital curated by John Musto that included the composer’s The Brief Light at The Colburn School in Los Angeles. His other recital and chamber music credits include Barber Dover Beach with Juilliard ChamberFest as well as works on Juilliard’s Songbook and Liederabend series and performances at the Chautauqua Institution and the Eastman School of Music.
Hoffman completed his Bachelor of Music degree at The Juilliard School, where he was the winner of the 2015 Juilliard Vocal Arts Honors Recital, and was presented in recital at Alice Tully Hall. He joined the LA Opera as a Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist in 2016. He is the recipient of a Richard Tucker Music Foundation Sara Tucker Study Grant and was a Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
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