Masumi Rostad's Sound Post Series 3, Featuring Gary Hoffman

Learn about the past lives of Gary Hoffman’s 1662 Nicolò Amati cello

Grammy Award-winning, Japanese-Norwegian violist Masumi Per Rostad is an active performer and professor of viola and chamber music at the Eastman School of Music. As a former member of the Pacifica Quartet for almost two decades, he also founded DoCha, a chamber music festival in Champaign, Illinois.

Amidst his career, Masumi sits down with his friends and colleagues to discuss the ins and outs of their instruments in his Sound Post series.

The third edition has returned, and its seventh episode features cellist Gary Hoffman's 1662 Nicolò Amati cello.