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Two-time Grammy nominee Marina Hoover was founding cellist of the St.
Lawrence String Quartet, which rocketed to international prominence after
winning both the Young Concert Artists auditions and the Banff International
String Quartet Competition. In her 13 years with the St. Lawrence, Ms. Hoover
performed at The White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street
“Y,” The Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, (London), Concertgebouw
(Amsterdam), and Theatre De Ville (Paris).
In addition, the quartet made regular appearances at Tanglewood, the Newport
Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, as well as over 1000 other appearances
throughout North and South America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and Viet Nam.
The St. Lawrence has been the resident quartet at Spoleto USA since 1996.
The Quartet’s major recording label debut, Schumann String Quartets 1 and 3,
won the Juno award for Best Classical recording (1999), and the Preis der
Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik (2001). It was voted one of the most important
classical recordings of the 1990s by Opus Magazine. In 2002, the St. Lawrence’
s third cd, Yiddishbbuk: The Chamber Works of Osvaldo Golijov was nominated
for two Grammy awards, including Best Classical Chamber Music Recording
and Best Composer, as well as a Juno Award for Best Classical Recording. Ms.
Hoover’s most recent cd with pianist Patricia Tao includes works by Chopin,
Strauss and Liszt on the Centaur label.
Ms. Hoover’s solo career has included concertos with Toronto Symphony, Red
Deer Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Belo Horizonte Symphony (Brazil),
Edmonton Symphony, Saskatoon Symphony, Yale Chamber Orchestra, and the
Curtis Orchestra. She has performed recitals throughout North America and
most recently at Northwestern University’s Lutkin Hall. She appeared in the
movie “Illuminata,” directed by John Turturo. A decade after winning the Banff
International String Quartet Competition, she returned to Banff to serve as a
juror for the competition in 2002.
Ms. Hoover studied cello under David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music, and
obtained a Masters at Yale under Aldo Parisot. Ms. Hoover was Artist-in-
residence at Stanford University, where she co-directed the string program and
designed and ran a summer institute for chamber musicians. She has been
visiting artist-in-residence at the University of Toronto, and participated in
numerous community outreach programs with the St. Lawrence in Kansas City,
Washington D.C., Palo Alto, and other cities. In 2002-03 she was visiting
Professor of Cello at the University of Toronto and has also been an artist-in-
residence at the Banff School of Fine Arts and Distinguished Artist at the
University of Alberta. She has also taught chamber music as part of the Chicago
String Quartet at Northwestern University and currently coaches chamber music
at the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston Campus.
Ms. Hoover maintains an active performing schedule of both solo and chamber
music. Recent performances include appearances with the Chicago String
Quartet, the Chicago Chamber Musicians, faculty members from Northwestern
University and the Music Institute of Chicago, her duo partner Patricia Tao, and
Trio Voce.
Lawrence String Quartet, which rocketed to international prominence after
winning both the Young Concert Artists auditions and the Banff International
String Quartet Competition. In her 13 years with the St. Lawrence, Ms. Hoover
performed at The White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street
“Y,” The Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, (London), Concertgebouw
(Amsterdam), and Theatre De Ville (Paris).
In addition, the quartet made regular appearances at Tanglewood, the Newport
Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the
Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, as well as over 1000 other appearances
throughout North and South America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and Viet Nam.
The St. Lawrence has been the resident quartet at Spoleto USA since 1996.
The Quartet’s major recording label debut, Schumann String Quartets 1 and 3,
won the Juno award for Best Classical recording (1999), and the Preis der
Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik (2001). It was voted one of the most important
classical recordings of the 1990s by Opus Magazine. In 2002, the St. Lawrence’
s third cd, Yiddishbbuk: The Chamber Works of Osvaldo Golijov was nominated
for two Grammy awards, including Best Classical Chamber Music Recording
and Best Composer, as well as a Juno Award for Best Classical Recording. Ms.
Hoover’s most recent cd with pianist Patricia Tao includes works by Chopin,
Strauss and Liszt on the Centaur label.
Ms. Hoover’s solo career has included concertos with Toronto Symphony, Red
Deer Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Belo Horizonte Symphony (Brazil),
Edmonton Symphony, Saskatoon Symphony, Yale Chamber Orchestra, and the
Curtis Orchestra. She has performed recitals throughout North America and
most recently at Northwestern University’s Lutkin Hall. She appeared in the
movie “Illuminata,” directed by John Turturo. A decade after winning the Banff
International String Quartet Competition, she returned to Banff to serve as a
juror for the competition in 2002.
Ms. Hoover studied cello under David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music, and
obtained a Masters at Yale under Aldo Parisot. Ms. Hoover was Artist-in-
residence at Stanford University, where she co-directed the string program and
designed and ran a summer institute for chamber musicians. She has been
visiting artist-in-residence at the University of Toronto, and participated in
numerous community outreach programs with the St. Lawrence in Kansas City,
Washington D.C., Palo Alto, and other cities. In 2002-03 she was visiting
Professor of Cello at the University of Toronto and has also been an artist-in-
residence at the Banff School of Fine Arts and Distinguished Artist at the
University of Alberta. She has also taught chamber music as part of the Chicago
String Quartet at Northwestern University and currently coaches chamber music
at the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston Campus.
Ms. Hoover maintains an active performing schedule of both solo and chamber
music. Recent performances include appearances with the Chicago String
Quartet, the Chicago Chamber Musicians, faculty members from Northwestern
University and the Music Institute of Chicago, her duo partner Patricia Tao, and
Trio Voce.
