Richard Hoffmann (composer)

Richard Hoffmann (20 April 1925 – 24 June 2021) was an American composer, musicologist and educator. He served many years as a professor at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Early life Hoffmann was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Richard and Emanuela Hoffmann. In 1935, the family emigrated to New Zealand, where Hoffmann subsequently received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of New Zealand in 1945. Musical style About the String Trio, which was begun in 1961 (Altmünster, Austria) and, after approximately a year’s interruption, completed in 1963 (Los Angeles, California) the composer wrote: Teaching career Hoffmann began his career as a professor at Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1954, where he worked until 2004. He was a visiting professor at the University of California in Berkeley from 1965 to 1966, at Victoria University in 1968, at Harvard University in 1970, at the University of Iowa in 1976 and at Vienna University in 1984. His students included Jonathan Dawe, Pierre Jalbert, Stan Link, David Serkin Ludwig, Christopher Rouse, Daniel Schechter, and Robert Spano just to name a few. Achievements Hoffmann received awards from the Fromm Music Foundation Commission