Heinz Hofmann

Heinz Hofmann (1917–1967) was a German conductor. After artistic engagements with the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle and the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, he was most recently permanent conductor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

Life Hofmann was born in 1917 as the son of a chamber musician in Wrocław and grew up in Halle and Dresden. After the Abitur, he attended the orchestral school of the Staatskapelle Dresden. In 1939, he was drafted into the Luftwaffe of the Wehrmacht. and after his departure in 1950, he became provisional principal conductor of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle. Schartner's official successor became Werner Gößling. Hofmann was reproached for falsely holding the title of Generalmusikdirektor, which he had never received in the GDR.

Recordings Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Concerto E minor (Saphir 1977) with the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz and Wolfgang Marschner