Artist Bio

Chad Hoopes, violin

American violinist Chad Hoopes is a consistent and versatile performer with the world’s leading orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, l’Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Hoopes performs regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and as a guest of the Moritzburg, Rheingau, and Aspen Music Festivals. He has been featured on recordings released by Sony Classical, including the recent Dvořák album, and on the Naïve label with the MDR Leipzig and conductor Kristjan Järvi performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. He plays the 1991 Samuel Zygmuntowicz, ex–Isaac Stern violin.