Violinist Benjamin Hoffman has been heard across Asia, Europe, and the US, where he has given countless performances asa soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader. He has performed alongside artists such as Ani Kavafian, David Shifrin,Peter Frankl, Wolfram Christ, Jorja Fleezanis, and Gary Hoffman among others, in various chamber music formations atfestivals such as Yellow Barn, Chamber Music Northwest, Aspen, and Music Academy of the West. In his Carnegie Halldebut, he performed Aaron Jay Kernis’s “Mozart en Route” and Hindemith’s “Kammermusik Nr. 1.” Recently, he had thehonor of performing before UN Secretary Ban Ki Moon as a member of Sejong Soloists at the United Nations in New York.Mr. Hoffman has served as concertmaster from an early age, performing both symphonic repertoire as well as chamberorchestra repertoire without conductor. Last year he led the Yale Philharmonia under the baton of John Adams at AveryFisher Hall in New York to critical acclaim, and he has also appeared as guest concertmaster with the New Haven Symphony,the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, and Symphony Song in Seoul, Korea. Since 2011, Benjamin has served as theconcertmaster of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, and in a recent performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto withthat orchestra, he was praised for his “virtuosity and deep feeling...impeccable intonation [and] a stirring, inspiredperformance.” Other appearances as a soloist have included numerous concertos as well as works ranging from solo Bach toBrahms’s Double Concerto to contemporary premieres in venues such as the National Centre for Performing Arts in Beijing, China.