American violinist Chad Hoopes has remained an impressive, consistent and versatile performer with many of the world’s leading orchestras since winning First Prize at the Young Artists Division of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition. Hoopes is also the 2017 recipient of Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Career Grant. He has performed with leading orchestras including San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Houston and National Symphony, among many others. Hoopes frequently performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center as well as recitals at the Ravinia Festival, Tonhalle Zürich, the Louvre and at Lincoln Center’s Great Performers series. Hoopes is a frequent guest artist at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland, the Rheingau Festival and at Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where he was named the winner of the prestigious Audience Award. He served as Munich Symphony Orchestra’s first Artist in Residence, a position created specifically for him after his highly acclaimed debut with the orchestra. Born in Florida, Hoopes studied Cleveland Institute of Music under David Cerone and Joel Smirnoff.