Paula Hochhalter
Paula Hochhalter, cellist, received a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from USC. There, she studied with Gabor Rejto and coached with Aaron Copland. She studied further at Yale Summer Quartet Program with the Tokyo String Quartet and Raphael Hillyer. Her quartet performed on the east coast and in Europe at the Munich Chamber Music Festival. She has worked with major recording artists over the past 35 years, including Andrea Bocelli, Barbra Streisand, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson and James Taylor. Hochhalter is in high demand as a studio musician for film scores, requested by John Williams, Danny Elfman, Marco Beltrami, Mark Isham, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard, Henry Jackman, Benjamin Wallfish, David and Thomas Newman, Randy Kerber and Hans Zimmer, with whom she also toured in 2017 and performed at Coachella along with other venues. She has been a member of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The New West Symphony, and the Santa Barbara Symphony, and is now a member of the Malibu Coast String Quartet, with whom she has recorded extensively on original works by composer Maria Newman. She has been a performer at various festivals around the country, including the Mozart Festival in San Luis Obispo and the Strawberry Creek Festival in Malibu as well as the Music Academy in Santa Barbara. She has also been a staple for many jazz musicians including Chick Corea and Don Ellis. In addition she was the featured performer on Jan Schwartz’s Grammy-nominated album and the song “Aun Tengo Ganas de Ti” sung by Javier Almaraz. Hochhalter believes that musical collaborations like these can span several genres and provide a new ‘take on thing’ that is fresh and exciting.
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