Paul Hoffmann, pianist and conductor, made his debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus
in 1973 while on a Fulbright grant, and has since concertized extensively
in the U.S. and abroad. He is founder and director of HELIX!
New Music Ensemble of Rutgers University which is in its tenth season of
concerts. Hoffmann also performs with
Tom Goldstein, percussionist, as
the Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo.
Hoffmann has recorded solo piano and chamber music for Capstone, Orion, CRI, Northeastern, Composers Guild of New Jersey, Contemporary Record Society, O.O. Discs, Spectrum, and Vienna Modern Masters labels and has made numerous radio broadcasts in the U.S. as well as for Voice of America, Radio Cologne, Radio Frankfurt, and Radio France. He is currently working on recordings for Capstone and NUMA Records.
Most recently he has performed at new music festivals in Italy ("Spaziomusica" in Cagliari and "Musiche in Mostra" in Turin), National Sun Yat-Sen University in Taiwan, Goucher College in Baltimore, Merkin Hall in New York City and The 8th International Symposium on Electronic Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
He has served on the jury of many piano competitions including the New
Jersey Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and was the first U.S.
judge to be invited to the prestigious Concours International de Musique
Contemporaine pour Piano in 1983 and 1986.
| Kanghee Lee, a student of Professor Hoffmann, won the 2000 Rutgers Concerto Competition. |  | |
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Piano Concerto
No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Performed by Kanghee Lee, piano; with Rutgers University Orchestra | |
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Mr. Hoffmann is
currently Professor of Music at Mason Gross School of
the Arts, Rutgers University, where he teaches piano, chamber music and
directs the contemporary music ensemble, HELIX!, which he
founded in 1990.
Email: P_K_Hoffmann@yahoo.com
RECORDINGS:
Conducting:
James Dashow - Music for Small Ensembles (CD) Capstone Records CPS-8659A Sheaf of Times by James Dashow, a septet for flute/piccolo, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano, violin and cello. Recording sponsored by the Fromm Foundation.
First recording of HELIX! New Music Ensemble, and my recording debut as conductor. Recording was made 3/21/97. Released January 1999.
Solo Piano:Celestial Voices - (CD) music by Orlando Jacinto Garcia, O. O. Discs #0042, 1999.Retratos I for piano and tape. Wind in the Channel - (CD) music by Stuart Smith, O.O. Discs
#0031, 1997.
Music by Jerome Goodman - Sear Sound, Inc., (tape), 1992.
Jersey Sessions I - Composers Guild of New Jersey, CGNJ-0989
(tape & CD), 1989.
Contrasts - Contemporary Record Society, CRS-8739, (LP) 1988.
Memory Bands - Spectrum Records, SR-311, (LP) 1987.
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Chamber Music:
Thomas DeLio / James Dashow - (CD) Capstone Recordings, Inc., CPS 8645, 1998.Recording of not by Thomas DeLio with Tom Goldstein, percussion.
Wind in the Channel - (CD) music by Stuart Smith, O.O. Discs
#0031, 1997.
Recorded solos Pinetop, Aussie Blue, Notebook
and chamber work, Gifts with John Fonville, flute and Thomas Goldstein,
percussion.
On and Off the Keys - (CD) Vienna Modern Masters, VMM#2016, 1996.
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano by Brian Kershner with Brian Kershner,
bassoon.
RealAudio clip
Stuart Saunders Smith: 25-Year Retrospective (CD) Studio 508
Productions, 1995.
Part for piano, flute, and cello with Gail Cameron and Jeanne
Jaubert.
Gifts for piano, flute, and percussion with Gail Cameron and
Tom Goldstein.
Music of Ruth Crawford - Composers Recordings, Inc. (CD) CRI
CD 658, 1993. (American Masters Series)
Three Songs for Oboe, Piano, Soprano, and Percussion by Ruth
Crawford.
Remake of 1984 LP (CRI SD-501) recording. Crux - O.O. Discs #11, (CD)
1992.
Notebook for flute, trumpet, double bass and piano, by Stuart
Smith, with John Fonville, Edwin Harkins, and Bertram Turetsky.
Jersey Sessions III - Composers Guild of New Jersey, CGNJ-0393
(tape & CD), 1992.
Ballet Mecanique, for four pianos and ten percussion instruments,
by George Antheil with Ray des Roches and the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble.
25 Preludes: A Musical Odyssey - Northeastern Classical Arts,
NR 242-CD, 1990.
A Game of Go, for two pianos by Haskell Small
Jersey Sessions I - Composers Guild of New Jersey, CGNJ-0989
(tape & CD), 1989.
Concertino for chamber orchestra by Roger Sessions
James Ostryniec and Friends - Composers Recordings, Inc., SD-501,
(LP) 1984.
Three Songs for Oboe, Piano, Soprano, and Percussion by Ruth
Crawford, and Adagio Sostenuto for string quartet and piano, by
Charles Ives
They Knew What They Wanted - Orion #ORS-80380, (LP) 1980.
They Knew What They Wanted for oboe, piano, percussion, and
narrator, by Ernst Krenek
Video:
Stuart Saunders Smith: A 25-Year Retrospective - University of Maryland Baltimore County (2 Video Tape Set), Studio 508 Productions,1995.Part for piano, flute and cello with Gail Cameron and Jeanne Jaubert.
Gifts for piano, flute and percussion with Gail Cameron and Tom Goldstein.
Flight for flute and piano with Gail Cameron.
Foreign Radio Broadcasts:
- Radio Cologne - 1983 and 1985 (solos and chamber music)
- Radio Frankfurt - 1985 (solos and chamber music)
- Radio France - 1983 (solos)
- Voice of America - 1970 (concerto)
U.S. Radio Broadcasts:
Live Radio Broadcast - "The Music Gallery", hosted by John Schaefer, on WNYC-FM 93.9 at the Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City. Performed with Matt Sullivan, oboe, duos by Lutoslawski and the world premiere of Interpolations on Utopia Parkway by Laura Kaminsky. February 16, 1999.Various taped performances on public radio stations in New York City, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., and in the states of Colorado and New Jersey. WIIN Radio, AM, excerpts from taped performances of works by Brahms and Prokofiev, and interview, Dec. 9, 1983, Atlantic City, NJ, James G. Knight, host.