"Who knew that this is what it would be like, to witness fierce beauty expressed through sound, to see a performance where there was no way to distinguish between the player, the instrument and the resulting music."


Nora Hoffmann, born in 1973 in Germany, learned to play the violin at age 6. Drawn to contemporary music, she participated in the international organization "Korrespondenzen" for contemporary music in Baden-Baden under the guidance of violin virtuoso Dora Entcheva-Heinen. Nora performed with many progressive artists all over the world. She received her Bachelors in contemporary composition and performance from Mills College in Oakland. She received her MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) from the California Institute of the Arts. Nora is a passionate and awake musician, always stretching the boundaries of known spiritual and musical realms. An avid traveler, Nora lives all over the world. 

​Am Morgen - written and composed by Nora Hoffmann, commissioned and performed by Cheryl Rajewski

Improvisaion: Playing for Chandra

​​The Clown, Composition and Poetry by Nora Hoffmann, commissioned by Jennifer Jester

​The Secretive and the Open Space
Concept and Performance by Nora Hoffmann

​Feuergott - for voice and violin by Nora Hoffmann

​Später Winter – for wind quartet, accordion, soprano and stereo playback by Nora Hoffmann, ©2003