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Stephen Hough

スティーヴン・ハフ　/　すてぃーゔん・はふ

Composer from United Kingdom

November 22, 1961 (age 64)　・　Heswall, United Kingdom

composer
music educator
pianist

My Take

What strikes me about Stephen Hough is how rare it is for one person to be a top-tier concert pianist, a composer, and a working writer all at once. Born in Heswall in 1961 and trained at the Royal Northern College of Music, he became the first classical musician handed a MacArthur "genius" Fellowship back in 2001, which tells you the establishment saw him as more than a virtuoso. The CBE in 2014 only confirmed it. To me he reads as a true polymath: someone who treats the piano as just one of several outlets, and I find that breadth genuinely refreshing in a field that often rewards narrow specialization.

Overview

Sir Stephen Andrew Gill Hough (; born 22 November 1961) is a British-Australian classical pianist, composer and writer.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Stephen Hough
Name (Japanese): スティーヴン・ハフ
Reading: すてぃーゔん・はふ
Born: November 22, 1961 (age 64)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Ox
Origin: Heswall, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer / music educator / pianist / singer-songwriter / editor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Royal Northern College of Music

Awards & achievements

2001 MacArthur Fellows Program
2014 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Classic Brit Awards

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.stephenhough.com
Xhttps://x.com/houghhough
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%95

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