BIPF: Sir Stephen Hough Masterclass
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
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Birmingham International Piano Festival: Public Celebrity Masterclass
Public Celebrity Masterclass given by Sir Stephen Hough
One of the most distinctive artists of his generation, Sir Stephen Hough combines a distinguished career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, he is the recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award (2010), was made a CBE (2014) and was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2022.
Since taking first prize at the 1983 Naumburg Competition in New York, Sir Stephen has appeared with most of the major European, Asian and American orchestras and plays recitals regularly in major halls and concert series around the world. Many of his catalogue of over 60 albums have garnered top international prizes. Sir Stephen has composed works for orchestra, choir, chamber ensemble, organ, harpsichord and solo piano. A noted writer, Sir Stephen has contributed articles for major media outlets and wrote a blog for The Telegraph for seven years; he has also published four books. Sir Stephen is an Honorary Fellow of Cambridge University’s Girton College and holds the International Chair of Piano Studies at his alma mater, the Royal Northern College in Manchester. He is also a member of the faculty at The Juilliard School.
Running time approx. two hours
Photo © Sim Canetty-Clarke