Lloyd Van't Hoff

Lloyd Van't Hoff is an award-winning clarinetist, artistic director, educator, recording artist and conductor. He has been lauded for his "life-affirming music making" (Limelight Magazine) and "spectacular brilliance, charisma and sensitivity" (Tasmanian Mercury).

Born in Darwin, Australia, Van't Hoff came to prominence as the winner of the Grand Prize and Sir Charles Moses Trophy, along with the Triffitt Prize, at the 2015 Symphony Australia ABC Young Performers Awards. He now performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician at festivals around the world and with many of Australia's leading symphony orchestras. He is a founding member of Arcadia Winds and Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed Ensemble Lumen.

Van't Hoff is Head of Woodwind at Adelaide University's Elder Conservatorium, where he teaches clarinet and chamber music, directs the Conservatorium's Wind Orchestra, and new music ensemble, The Elder Music Lab. He has presented masterclasses across Europe, North America, and Asia, and also serves as Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music's Pathways Program. Lloyd has recently been appointed appointed the Artistic Director of Adelaide Youth Orchestras.

As a recording artist, his debut solo album Johannes Brahms: Music for Clarinet and Piano was praised for its "interpretations that live in the memory for their verve and deep musicianship"; he appears on the ARIA Award-winning album Conversations with Ghosts alongside Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly, and his recent album My Place with duo partner Lisa Moore received a five-star review in Limelight, noting the duo's "great charm and chemistry." A graduate of Yale University, the Australian National Academy of Music, and the Oueensland Conservatorium of Music, Van't Hoff is an endorsed performing artist for Buffet Crampon, Légère, and Gleichweit.

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