Esther Hoppe

Violinist Esther Hoppe is noted equally as a soloist, chamber music player, and educator. Her career was launched when she won first prize at the International Mozart Violin Competition in Salzburg, Austria, in 2002. Hoppe is a founding member of the Tecchler Trio. Her recording debut came in 2013 with the Tecchler Trio on the album Tobias PM Schneid: New Works. Hoppe's solo debut appeared the following year; she joined pianist Alasdair Beatson for an album of violin-and-piano works by Mozart and Stravinsky. In 2022, she released an album of Bach's partitas and sonatas for solo violin. Since 2013, she has been professor of violin at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.