He’s the piano man
Why Stephen Hough is more and more in demand
ACCLAIMED for countless recordings and laden with awards, including a $500,000 MacArthur “genius” grant, 54-year-old Stephen Hough is the undisputed top dog among British concert pianists. He is even more sought-after in America, where he has been touring for much of this year. In Britain this month he is due to play Liszt, Schubert and Franck at the Edinburgh festival and Rachmaninov’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” in his 25th appearance at the BBC Proms in London.
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