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"... an urgent, passionate rendition, showing off Hoopes's enormous stamina and brilliant, zippy sound." - The New York Times "His performance of the Mendelssohn ... points to a musician with all the technical gifts that these days are accepted as norms but also with stylistic taste, purity of tone and an attractive blend of flair and interpretative discretion ... taps Hoopes's lyricism and dexterity to gainful effect.” - Gramophone "As a memento of fine work by an impressive young violinist, this recording is a welcome release, one that is certain to find a prominent home in the recorded histories of both pieces. As evidence of a Wunderkind’s matriculation from prodigy to enduring artist of distinction, however, this disc is revelatory. Chad Hoopes transforms his violin into an earnestly individual instrument and through its four strings he sings with inwardness, eloquence and finely-spun beauty which most violinists with many more years of experience can only envy." - Voix des Arts The term "revelation" aptly applies to American violinist Chad Hoopes who recorded this debut album with the magnificent Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra when he was only 19 years old. For his debut he chose two seemingly opposed iconic concertos: Mendelssohn’s famous Violin Concerto No. 2 and John Adams’s endlessy melodic Violin Concerto from 1993, performed on a stunning 1713 Antonio Stradivari Cooper. This release, blending old world passion and new world panache, shows off the violinist’s vast stylistic range, effortless virtuosity and exquisite tone.