Simon Höfele is the winner of the most important German classical music prize, OPUS KLASSIK 2020, and within a short space of time has established himself internationally as one of the most successful trumpet players of the young generation. As a soloist, he has already played with many leading orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne among others.

As well as performing familiar trumpet repertoire, Simon Höfele is very enthusiastic about contemporary music. He has given the premières of several works written for him: »Milky Way« (2019, Concertgebouw) and »Orion Arm« (2023, Philharmonie de Paris) by Miroslav Smka.

Simon Höfele is an equally enthusiastic performer of chamber music in a wide variety of combinations. His partners include the pianists Elisabeth Brauß and Frank Dupree and the composer and pianist Kaan Bulak.

Simon Höfele is signed to Berlin Classics as an exclusive artist. His latest album »Nobody Knows« (2023), with contemporary works for trumpet and orchestra, were also met with the highest praise from reviewers and concert organisers.

For the new album »No clouds in Haraz« (2024), he collaborates with Kaan Bulak, who merges styles in his compositions, incorporating and combining influences from the Middle East and contemporary music with the electronic sound language of Berlin.

Since July 2023, Simon Höfele has been the host of the WDR3 podcast KLASSIK CRUSH, in which he talks every fortnight with other young artists about music, their lives as musicians and other topics.