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Renaissance Man, Pianist Stephen Hough, Explores "The Night" in His New CD

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Susan Lewis
Published June 23, 2014 at 7:12 AM EDT
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Once named by The Economist magazine as one  of the world’s 20 living polymaths, pianist Stephen Hough pursues a variety of  interests, from music to poetry to painting. In 2001 he became the first classical music performer to win the prestigious MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Fellowship.  WRTI’s Susan Lewis has more on this versatile artist, and his most recent CD.

In this 2013 video, Stephen Hough performs Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with BBC Symphony Orchestra

http://youtu.be/c33q87s03h4

StephenHough062314SLLF.mp3
Listen to pianist Stephen Hough talk with WRTI's Susan Lewis about composing and other interests.
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Susan Lewis
Susan writes and produces stories about music and the arts. She’s host and producer of WRTI’s TIME IN online interview series, and contributes weekly intermission interviews for The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert series. She’s also been a regular host of WRTI’s Live from the Performance Studio sessions.
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