Miles Hoffman, Viola

Miles Hoffman is the founder and violist of the American Chamber Players, with whom he regularly tours the United States, and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Chamber Music at the Schwob School of Music, in Columbus, Georgia. He appears frequently as viola soloist with orchestras across the country, and his solo performances on YouTube have received well over a half million views. His radio modules, A Minute with Miles, are a daily feature of South Carolina Public Radio, other networks around the country, and NPR Podcasts, and as classical music commentator for NPR’s flagship news program, Morning Edition, he is regularly heard by a national audience of nearly 14 million people. His musical commentary, “Coming to Terms,” was a weekly favorite throughout the United States from 1989 to 2002 on NPR’s Performance Today, and his book, The NPR Classical Music Companion: An Essential Guide for Enlightened Listening, first published in 1997, is now in its tenth printing from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He has written articles for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the Wilson Quarterly. Mr. Hoffman is a graduate of Yale University and the Juilliard School, and in 2003 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Centenary College of Louisiana in recognition of his achievements as a performer and educator.