Instrument: Mezzo-Soprano
Mezzo-soprano Kristin Hoff recently debuted at Carnegie Hall singing Elliot Carter’s Syringa with James Levine and the Met Chamber Ensemble. She has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Pops, the dancers of the Mark Morris Dance Group, the Orchestre symphonique des Jeunes de Montréal, Chorus Niagara, Chants Libres, Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and various choirs around Montreal.
Kristin Hoff was selected for both the 2009 and 2010 Jeunes ambassadeurs lyriques program, and won the German Opera Award at the 2010 Gala Concert. She has received grants from both the Quebec and Canada Arts Councils.
Kristin Hoff’s operatic roles include Anna Maurrant, Ottavia, Marcellina, Prinz Orlofsky, Donna Elvira, Mrs. Anderssen, Carmen, the mezzo-soprano in Claude Vivier’s Kopernikus, and Dryad (Ariadne auf Naxos), which she performed at Tanglewood with the renowned conductor Christoph von Dohnányi.