Stefan Hussong

Stefan Hussong, born in Köllerbach/Saar, Germany. He is a recipient of scholarships from the German DAAD Foundation, Academy Solitude Stuttgart and the Art Foundation of Baden-Württemberg. Hussong is First Prize winner of the 1983 International Hugo Herrmann and the 1987 International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition for contemporary music. In 1999, he was awarded the ECHO Classic Prize of the German Phono Academy in the category “Best Performer”. That same year his solo CD with works by John Cage won the Best Record Award of the year. Hussong has premiered more than 150 works dedicated to him and he has recorded more than 40 CDs. Stefan Hussong has appeared in concert throughout Europe, in the United States, Russia and in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and India. He has appeared with, among others, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, Rundfunk Symphonieorchester Saarbrücken, the Tokyo Harmonia Chamber Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, National Taiwan Symphony, Tokyo Sinfonietta, and Tokyo Shin Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra. He has closely collaborated with composers such as Sofia Gubaidulina, Keiko Harada, Adriana Hölszky, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Toshio Hosokawa, Uro9 Rojko and Klaus Huber etc. who have dedicated more than 150 works to him. Today he is a professor for accordion and chamber music at the Würzburg University of Music and since 1993 has been a Professor at the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum Salzburg.