Stephen Hough

For his artistic vision that transcends fashions and trends Stephen Hough was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2001, joining prominent scientists, writers and others who have made unique contributions to contemporary life.

Hough has appeared with most of the major European and American orchestras and plays recitals in major concert series around the world from Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall to the main stage of Carnegie Hall.  He is a regular guest at festivals such as Salzburg, Mostly Mozart, Tanglewood, Edinburgh and the BBC Proms, where he performed all four Tchaikovsky works for piano and orchestra in 2009, for which he won a Royal Philharmonic Society Award. Recent and upcoming highlights include performances with the Berliner Philharmoniker; the New York, London, Los Angeles and Czech Philharmonic Orchestras; the Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Francisco Symphonies, and The Cleveland, Philadelphia, Russian National, and Budapest Festival Orchestras.

Hough’s catalogue of over 50 CDs have garnered four Grammy nominations and eight Gramophone Awards, including ‘Record of the Year’ in 1996 and 2003 and the Gramophone ‘Gold Disc’ in 2008. His latest recordings, released in April 2010 on Hyperion, include a disc of Chopin’s late masterpieces and a two-disc set of Tchaikovsky’s complete concertos with the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä. Hough is also an avid writer and composer. He has written for The Guardian, The Times and was invited by The Telegraph in 2008 to start what has become one of the most popular cultural blogs. He has published numerous compositions with Josef Weinberger Ltd.