Stephen Hough
Biography
Like all successful international performers, much of Stephen’s life has been spent on the road, he has appeared regularly with most of the major American orchestras and with numerous European orchestras under conductors including Abbado , Ashkenazy, Dohnányi, Dutoit, Gergiev , Fischer, Jarvi, Levine, Oramo and Rattle to name but a few.
He often gives piano recitals in major halls and series all over the world alongside high profile friends such as Steven Isserlis, Joshua Bell , Tabea Zimmerman and Michael Collins, and has been a frequent guest at many Festivals including Aspen, Ravinia, Tanglewood, Blossom, Hollywood Bowl, Mostly Mozart, Edinburgh, Salzburg, Sapporo and the BBC Proms.
In 1978 he was a finalist in the BBC Young Musician of the Year Awards.
Music
Stephen has an extensive catalogue of around forty recordings, many of which have won international prizes such as the Diapason d’Or, the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Classic CD and Gramophone Awards.
He is also a keen writer and has provided many of the liner notes for his recordings and his essays have received critical praise.
Discography
2007 - Man of Sorrows for piano & orchestra - George Tsontakis
2006 - Stephen Hough's Spanish Album
2005 - The Stephen Hough Piano Collection
Liszt: Annees de pelerinage - Suisse
2004 - Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos No. 1, 2, 3 and 4; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Litton/Dallas Symphony Orchestra
2003 - Hummel: Piano Sonatas
2001 - Saint-Saëns, The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
1999 - Stephen Hough's New Piano Album
Brahms Piano Concertos 1 and 2, BBC Symphony Orchestra
1997 - Piano Music by Federico Mompou
1994 - Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor and Sauer: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor
1988 - Stephen Hough: Liszt
My Favorite Things: Virtuoso Encores
1987 - Hummel: Piano Concerto in B minor, Op.89; Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.85: English Chamber Orchestra )
