Paul Hoffmann | Pianist
Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo
Founded in 1992, the Hoffmann/Goldstein Duo (Paul Hoffmann, piano; Tom Goldstein, percussion) has performed in New York for the Interpretations Series, with Composers Concordance at New York University and the Kosciuszko Foundation, at Merkin Hall, at DiMenna Center, at Roulette, and at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music. It has appeared on the Distinguished Artists Series at Temple University in Philadelphia, at the Percussive Arts Society International Conventions in Nashville and Columbus, the John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium in Albuquerque, Music of Japan Today at the Freer Gallery in Washington, DC, the Music Teachers' National Association State Conference at Rutgers University, the Livewire Festival in Baltimore, and at many universities throughout the United States. In Italy, the Duo has performed in festivals Spaziomusica in Cagliari, Musiche in Mostra in Turin, the Stagione Concertistica series in Padua, and at the Nicolini Conservatory in Piacenza. It has commissioned and premiered almost twenty works. It's Compact Disc, Crossfade, is on the Capstone Record label. Individually and collaboratively, Hoffmann and Goldstein have recorded on Vanguard, Neuma, RCA, CRI, Opus One, CD Tech, O.O. Discs, Innova, Spectrum, Capstone, Orion, Northeastern, Composers' Guild of New Jersey, Contemporary Record Society, Vienna Modern Masters, Voice of America, Radio Cologne, Radio Frankfurt, and Radio France. Mr. Hoffmann is Professor of Music at Rutgers University. Mr. Goldstein is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Bruk/Hoffmann Duo
The Bruk-Hoffmann Piano Duo has been giving two-piano concerts together since 2005. They have performed in the United States and abroad. The Duo performs annually at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Their most recent international appearances have been at the World Piano Conferences in 2014, 2011 and 2009 in Novi Sad, Serbia, at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria in 2012 and at the Händel Hause for the 2012 EuroArts Festival in Halle, Germany. They both have been appointed judges for the annual International Piano Competition of the World Piano Teachers Association.
