Joshua Batty & Somi Kim

SIR STEPHEN HOUGH

Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, British-Australian artist Sir Stephen Hough combines a distinguished career of a concert pianist with those of a composer and writer. He was awarded a Knighthood for Services to Music in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2022.

In a career spanning over 40 years, Stephen Hough has played regularly with most of the world’s leading orchestras. He has been a regular guest of recital series and festivals including New York's Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Festival Hall, Salzburg, Verbier, Aldeburgh and Edinburgh.

As a composer, his 2021 String Quartet No. 1 ’Les Six Rencontres’, was written for and recorded by the Takács Quartet for Hyperion Records. Stephen’s discography of 70 recordings has garnered awards including the Diapason d’Or de l’Année and eight Gramophone Awards. Upcoming releases include a Liszt album, a recital of encores and Stephen's Piano Concerto, ‘The World of Yesterday’.