Simon Höfele

Simon Höfele has quickly established himself as one of the most prominent trumpeters of his generation.

As a soloist Simon regularly performs internationally with leading orchestras including Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, among others. He has worked with conductors such as Jonathan Bloxham, Semyon Bychkov, Alpesh Chauhan, Vladimir Jurowski, Joana Mallwitz, Markus Stenz, Lorenzo Viotti, Duncan Ward and Kahchun Wong.

Simon is the 2024/25 Artist in Residence of the Jenaer Philharmonie giving several performances across the season, which also sees him make his debut with Tapiola Sinfonietta under Ryan Bancroft and return to Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and Stuttgarter Philharmoniker.

A renowned chamber musician, Simon has performed in renowned venues such as Wigmore Hall, Tonhalle Zürich, Wiener Konzerthaus, Concertgebouw, Grande Auditório da Gulbenkian, L’Auditori Barcelona, Müpa Budapest, BOZAR, Elbphilharmonie, as well as at the Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and Grafenegg Festival. Simon has a longstanding duo partnership with pianist, Elisabeth Brauß and has also worked with other partners including pianist, Frank Dupree and the composer and pianist, Kaan Bulak.

A committed advocate of contemporary music, Simon has had several works written for him by composers such as Lisa Streich, Helena Winkelman, Miroslav Srnka, Konstantia Gourzi and Mark Simpson. He also gave the German Premiere of Detlev Glanert’s Trumpet Concerto with Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg.

Simon is an exclusive Berlin Classics, his 2020 release “Standards” was awarded the OPUS KLASSIK 2020 prize concert recording of the year.