Kristin Hoff

Mezzo-soprano Kristin Hoff is co-founding General Director and Interim Artistic Director of Musique 3 Femmes, an opera company dedicated to creating, developing and producing new opera written by female and non-binary composers and librettists. Hoff is also Executive Director of the concert series, Mini-Concerts Santé of Ensemble ArtChoral, a pandemic-born project that delivers music for social and mental health to disadvantaged neighborhoods. In its inaugural year, MCS made 1 700 musician hires and offered 4,900 mini-concerts on 648 streets in 97 boroughs/municipalities for 36,000 citizens.
 
As a singer, Kristin is noted for her “appealing clarity and emotional heft” (New York Times) and “extraordinary vocal range” (Westfaelische Nachrichten). A versatile performer with a diverse repertoire and commitment to new music, Kristin is a graduate of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Program, where her debut as Tebaldo in Don Carlo was praised as “absolutely charming in voice and person”. Other credits include Dryade in Ariadne auf Naxos at the prestigious Tanglewood Music Festival and the title role in Carmen for Jeunesses Musicales du Canada. Equally at home on the concert stage, Kristin made her Carnegie Hall debut with the MET Chamber Ensemble in Elliot Carter’s Syringa as part of the composer’s centennial celebration, conducted by James Levine, which garnered praise for her “searing commitment and impressive vocal command” (The Republican). Other engagements include the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Symphony Orchestra, Mark Morris Dance Company, Chants Libres, Ensemble Caprice, Caramoor Festival, New York Festival of Song. Her critically-acclaimed interpretation of Ana Sokolovic’s Love Songs, a 45-minute opera for unaccompanied solo female voice, has been seen in 8 different Canadian cities, including at the Re:Naissance Festival, Montreal’s Salle Bourgie and Festival de Lanaudière.