Gwen is performing the beautiful and extremely challenging Symphonie Espagnole by Lalo this weekend with the WSO. She sat down with Sarah Jo in the Diamond Lane. Missed the interview?  Watch here!

This season marks Gwen Hoebig's 29th year as Concertmaster of the WSO. She is celebrating this weekend with a concerto performance of Lalo's Symphonie espagnole. The beautiful, lush orchestration matches perfectly with Gwen's rich and vibrant tone.

Watch Sarah Jo's interview with the first violinist below.

 

 

Recognized as one of Canada’s most outstanding violinists, Gwen Hoebig is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York City. As a student she won every major Canadian music competition, and in 1981 was the top prizewinner at the Munich International Violin Competition.

A champion of new music, she has given the Canadian premieres of violin concertos by S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté, T.P. Carrabré, Randolph Peters, Gary Kulesha, Joan Tower, Christopher Rouse and Philip Glass, and as soloist with orchestra she has performed all the major violin concerti with orchestras across Canada, the United States and Europe.

Gwen Hoebig joined the WSO as concertmaster in 1987, having been awarded the position as the unanimous choice of the audition committee.

In 1993 she was honoured by the Government of Canada when she received the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation, in recognition of her contribution to the arts. She has also been a member of the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Music and teaches regularly at the Mount Royal College in Calgary, where she is a member of the Extended Faculty.