Stephen Hough

Stephen Hough is a highly regarded pianist with a leading international career based from his homes in his native Britain and in New York. Hough studied at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and at Juilliard. He came to international attention when he won the Naumburg International Piano Competition in 1983. Since then he has established a reputation with an interest in unusual repertoire -- both newer compositions and disregarded works of the past. He plays chamber music with the Cleveland, Emerson, and Juilliard Quartets and other groups. With the Juilliard'...