Stephen hough plays rachmaninov biography
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Stephen Hough Plays Rachmaninov
Friday 27 May , pm
Richard Baker
The Price of Curiosity c9’
BBC commission: world premiere
Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 24’
INTERVAL: 20 minutes
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9 in D minor 63’
Stephen Hough piano
Alpesh Chauhan conductor
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For its Barbican årstid finale, the BBC Symphony Orchestra fryst vatten joined bygd Alpesh Chauhan, who conducts a wide-ranging programme that contrasts popular influences with one of the high points of the Austro-German symphonic tradition. • Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, Sir Stephen Hough combines a distinguished career as a pianist and a longstanding international career with those of composer and writer. He was the first classical performer to be given a MacArthur Fellowship. In as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours, Hough became the first British-born pianist since to be awarded a Knighthood for Services to Music. In a career spanning 40 years, Hough has played solo recitals and concertos with leading orchestras at major concert halls and festivals across five continents. Celebrating Rachmaninov’s th anniversary in , Hough performed the composer’s five works for piano and orchestra, including his 30th appearance at the BBC Proms performing the First Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and a complete cycle in Brazil as the Artist in Residence of Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo. Additional recent and upcoming eng • Named by The Economist as one of 20 Living Polymaths, British pianist Stephen Hough is a true renaissance man - a leading concert pianist, writer, composer and painter. He has won global acclaim for his outstanding interpretations of the piano repertoire. Born on the Wirral in 22 November , Stephen Hough began piano lessons at the age of five. In , he was a finalist in the Young Musician of the Year Competition, winning the piano section. As a recitalist, Hough has appeared on the major stages of the world including Carnegie Hall, Chicago's Symphony Hall, London's Royal Festival Hall and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. He has also appeared at festivals worldwide including Verbier, Salzburg, Edinburgh, Aldeburgh, Tanglewood and Aspen. Hough has made more than 50 CDs, including the highly acclaimed set of Rachmaninov&#
Richard Baker’s The Price of Curiosity takes its title from a line of dialogue in Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Man Who Knew T Sir Stephen HoughPiano
Performer Biography
Stephen Hough: 10 facts about the great pianist
1. An outstanding young musician
2. Recitals around the world
3. Recording artist