Washington Classical Review

Daniel Hope. Photo: Inge Prade

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts announced Friday morning that British violinist Daniel Hope has been appointed artistic advisor for Chamber Music at The Barns, with a two-year contract beginning in the 2025-26 season. Hope currently serves as music director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and San Francisco’s New Century Chamber Orchestra. He will become intendant and artistic director of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival this November.

“I am delighted to join Wolf Trap as artistic advisor of its renowned chamber music series,” Hope said in a press release. “It is a particular honor to follow in the footsteps of my close friend and esteemed colleague Wu Han, whose vision and energy have shaped this series into one of the most beloved in the country.”

The 2025-2026 season will open with a recital by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie Von Otter and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout (October 9) and will include several programs performed by members of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Hope will join Wu Han and cellist David Finckel to perform piano trios by Haydn, Beethoven, and Dvořák (March 8, 2026), and cellist Ani Aznavoorian and pianist Marta Aznavoorian offer a program highlighting their Armenian heritage (March 27, 2026).

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