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In 2014 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and was knighted in the Queen\u2019s Birthday Honors in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking first prize at the 1983 Naumburg Competition in New York, Mr. Hough has appeared with most of the major European, Asian, and American orchestras and plays recitals regularly in major halls and concert series around the world from London&#8217;s Royal Festival Hall to New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall. He has been a regular guest at festivals such as Aldeburgh, Aspen, Blossom, Edinburgh, La Roque d&#8217;Anth\u00e9ron, Hollywood Bowl, Mostly Mozart, Salzburg, Tanglewood, Verbier, Blossom, and the BBC Proms, where he has made 29 concerto appearances, including playing all the works of Tchaikovsky for piano and orchestra, a series he later repeated with the Chicago Symphony.<\/p>\n<p>Many of Mr. Hough\u2019s catalogue of over 60 albums have garnered international prizes, several Grammy nominations, eight Gramophone Magazine Awards including Record of the Year, and the Gramophone Gold Disc Award, which named his complete Saint-Sa\u00ebns Piano Concertos as the best recording of the past 30 years. His 2005 live recording of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos was the fastest selling recording in Hyperion\u2019s history, while his 1987 recording of the Hummel concertos remains Chandos\u2019 best-selling disc to date.<\/p>\n<p>Published by Josef Weinberger, Mr. Hough has composed works for orchestra, choir, chamber ensemble, organ, harpsichord, and solo piano. He has been commissioned by the Takacs Quartet, the Cliburn, the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, the Gilmore Foundation, The Genesis Foundation, the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation, London\u2019s National Gallery, Wigmore Hall, Le Mus\u00e9e de Louvre and Musica Viva Australia among others.<\/p>\n<p>A noted writer, Mr. Hough has contributed articles for <em>The New York Times<\/em>, <em>the Guardian<\/em>, <em>The Times<\/em>, <em>Gramophone<\/em> and <em>BBC Music Magazine<\/em>, and he wrote a blog for <em>The Telegraph<\/em> for seven years which became one of the most popular and influential forums for cultural discussion. He has published four books: <em>The Bible as Prayer<\/em>; a novel entitled <em>The Final Retreat<\/em>; a book of essays: <em>Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More<\/em>; and a memoir: <em>Enough: Scenes from Childhood<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Stephen Hough resides in London where he is a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music and holds the International Chair of Piano Studies at his alma mater, the Royal Northern College in Manchester. 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