Principal Clarinet of The Florida Orchestra since 2017, Natalie Hoe holds the Bertelstein Family Chair and has already established herself as an accomplished orchestral musician and versatile solo artist.
As an orchestral musician, Ms. Hoe has performed with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. She has also been Guest Principal Clarinet with the Cincinnati and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras.
A passionate educator dedicated to helping her students find their own unique voice, Ms. Hoe maintains her own private studio in St. Petersburg, Florida, and has given masterclasses around the country as well as in Hong Kong. In the Summer of 2025, Ms. Hoe was an Artist Faculty at the Buffet Crampon USA Summer Clarinet Academy. In previous summers, Ms. Hoe was on faculty at the Eastern Music Festival and the Brevard Music Center.
As a soloist, Ms. Hoe has performed Lovreglio's Fantasia da Concerto su motivi de “La Traviata” di G. Verdi, Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto, Gershwin's Walking the Dog, Bernstein's Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with The Florida Orchestra and Music Director Michael Francis. One of the highlights of her career to date is performing Englishman in New York with Sting at The Florida Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Gala.
Ms. Hoe was born in the United Kingdom and raised in Hong Kong, where she began her clarinet studies at the age of six under the tutelage of Maria Wong, John Schertle, and Andrew Simon. In 2017, she graduated with a master's degree from Rice University as a Haylett O’Neill Jr. and Kate Patton O’Neill Endowed Scholarship recipient, where she studied with Richie Hawley. Ms. Hoe completed her bachelor's degree at the prestigious Colburn Conservatory of Music with Yehuda Gilad.
A Buffet-Crampon artist, Ms. Hoe performs on the Festival Bb and Tradition A models of Clarinet.
