Hochhalter, Paula

Cellist who graduated from the Music Academy of the West in 1973 and proceeded to carve a niche for herself as an extremely in-demand session musician.

She has recorded with Marc Anthony, Mary J. Blige, Michael Bolton, Stanley Clarke, Natalie Cole, Harry Connick, Jr., Chick Corea, Counting Crows, Billy Ray Cyrus, George Duke, Earth, Wind & Fire, Gloria Estefan, Nelly Furtado, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, K-Ci & JoJo, John Lithgow, Barry Manilow, Ray Parker, Jr. & Raydio, Lee Ritenour, Kenny Rogers, Michael Sembello, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, and Keith Urban.

Her filmography is extensive and much too long to list in a oner but includes Agent Cody Banks, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Conspiracy Theory, Disturbia, Enough, Fantastic Four, Gracie, Hairspray (2007), The Interpreter, Jack, Kissing A Fool, The Last Samurai, Matrix Revolutions, National Treasure, Prelude to Eden, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Spider-Man 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Village, The World’s Fastest Indian, and XXX. Gamers may have heard her without even knowing it: She played cello on the soundtracks to the videogames Rapture and Spider-Man 2.

On 18^th September 1981 she appeared as part of a string ensemble for the South Bay Chamber Music Society, Inc., performing Beethoven’s “Quintet in C major, Op. 29” and Mendelssohn’s “Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20”.

Paula was married to actor Geoffrey Lewis who died in 2015 and was a favourite of director Clint Eastwood. He was the father of actress Juliette Lewis.

Lalo Schifrin recordings
Love Rhapsody from “The Concorde – Airport ’79” (Lalo Schifrin)
Theme from “The Concorde – Airport ’79” (Lalo Schifrin)

Here she is in a performance of “Lyra” by Don Ellis in 1977…

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Hochhalter, Paula

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