Christine Hoock

As an acclaimed double bass soloist and chamber musician, Christine Hoock inspires audiences around the world with her brilliant concert performances.
The international prize-winner performs at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Aurora Chamber Music Festival, Musiktriennale Köln, Lucerne Festival and at the Berlin and Salzburg Festivals, a.o.


Christine Hoock completed her studies in Frankfurt and Geneva, with Günter Klaus and Franco Petracchi respectively, with distinction.
A versatile virtuoso, Christine Hoock can also be heard in a wide variety of innovative constellations of jazz, electronic and world music.


In 2021, Christine was honoured with a Special Recognition Award for Solo Performance by the International Society of Bassists.


During her engagements as CoPrincipal and Principal with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and other top German orchestras, the artist has performed with conductors such as Semyon Bychkov, Peter Eötvös, Neeme and Paavo Järvi, Sir Neville Marriner.


Christine Hoock holds a professorship for double bass at the renowned Mozarteum University in Salzburg. In 2014 she received a guest professorship at China Conservatory Beijing.


In addition to concert tours, masterclasses and jury work, Christine Hoock is active as a mentor in the international music scene. She is founder and artistic director of the International Rhodius Academy for Double Bass at Burg Namedy Castle.


Christine plays an English instrument by William Tarr from 1848.