Gary Hoffman.

About Gary Hoffman

Gary Hoffman is a Canadian and American cellist and academic teacher. A member of the Hoffman family of musicians, he is the son of conductor Irwin Hoffman and concert violinist Esther Glazer. He began performing as a child, making his concert debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1968 and his recital debut at Wigmore Hall in London in 1971. As a teenager he was a member of the Florida Gulf Coast Symphony and also performed with the orchestra as a soloist. In Florida he performed with his siblings and parents in the Hoffman String Quartet and the Hoffmann Family Players in the 1970s and 1980s.