Hugh Wolff
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Biography
[Edit]Hugh Wolff is the best-known American chamber music conductor, and has established an important career with full-sized orchestras.
He was born in Paris to American parents. He studied at Harvard University and the Peabody Conservatory in the United States. His piano instructors were Leon Fleisher and Leonard Shure; he also studied composition with George Crumb and Leon Kirchner. He continued musical training at the Paris Conservatoire, studying conducting with Charles Bruck and composition with Olivier Messiaen.
He began his conducting career in 1979 as assistant to Msitslav Rostropovich at the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C. He was appointed the same orchestra's Associate Conductor in 1982, and in 1985 became the Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
He was appointed Principal Conductor of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in 1988. In 1992 he was elevated to the position of that orchestra's music director. During his leadership there, he has recorded over twenty CD releases, more recordings than any of the SPCO's other conductors, and led the SPCO on a well-received European tour. He has also conducted most of the major American orchestras and such well-known orchestras the Czech Philharmonic, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic.
In 1997 Wolff accepted the unexpected offer to became Chief Conductor of the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra, where he remained until 2006. He announced his retirement from the SPCO effective at the end of the 1999-2000 season.
Title: In the Shadow of War
Artist: Steven Isserlis, Deutsches Symphonie - Orchester Berlin, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Hugh Wolff
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Title: Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Totentanz
Artist: Boris Berezovsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hugh Wolff
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Title: Baroque Trumpet Concertos - Elatus
Artist: Hugh Wolff, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Sergei Nakariakov
Genre: Classical
Title: Georges Delerue: Music from the Films of Francois Truffaut
Artist: London Sinfonietta, Hugh Wolff
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Bernstein: Serenade - Mclean: Elements
Artist: London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Brian Lewis, Hugh Wolff
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Title: Mendelssohn & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos
Artist: Hilary Hahn, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Hugh Wolff
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Title: Haydn: Symphonies No. 82 "The Bear" & 84
Artist: Hugh Wolff, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
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Title: Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Renard, Suites & Ragtime
Artist: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff
Genre: Classical
Title: Turnage / Scofield: Scorched
Artist: John Scofield, Peter Erskine, John Patitucci, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, HR Big Band
Genre: Classical
Title: Classical Christmas
Artist: Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Concentus Musicus Wien, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Choir, Kiri Te Kanawa, Il Giardino Armonico, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Marie - Claire Alain, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Chanticleer, Alexander Lazarev, Edward Higginbottom, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, London Brass, Joël Cohen / Joel Cohen, Hugh Wolff, Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, Jose Carreras, Father Amvrosy
Genre: Gospel, Jazz, Rock, Traditional Pop Music, Classical, Smooth Jazz
Title: 40 Most Beautiful Orchestral Classics
Artist: Kent Nagano: Lyon Opera Orchestra, Andrew Davis, Kurt Masur, Maurice André / Maurice Andre, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Shostakovich Maxim, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Cyprien Katsaris, Samuel Barber, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, I Solisti Veneti, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Zubin Mehta, Armin Jordan, Claudio Scimone, Alexander Lazarev, Jean - François Paillard / Jean - Francois Paillard, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre De L'Opéra De Lyon / Orchestre De L'Opera De Lyon, New York Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal, Hugh Wolff, Die Wiener Solisten, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
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Title: Panufnik: Cello Concerto
Artist: Mstislav Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Hugh Wolff
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Title: Panufnik: Cello Concerto - EP
Artist: Mstislav Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Hugh Wolff
Genre: Classical
Collections
Title: 40 Most Beautiful American Classics
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Title: New Music Collections: Orchestra
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Title: 40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Pastures New: A 2nd NMC Sampler
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Title: 40 Most Beautiful Relaxing Classics
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Title: Stars & Stripes: America's Greatest Hits
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Romantic Piano Adagios
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Title: Princess & Prince On the Ice 2008
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Title: Classical Christmas Hits
Genre: Classical
Title: Barocke Weihnachten
Genre: Classical
Title: Mindful Winter Mix 2023
Title: Christmas In Style - Classical
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: Feierliche Barockmusik 2024 (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Featuring albums
Title: Jean Yves Thibaudet - The Movie Album
Artist: Jean - Yves Thibaudet
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 40 Most Beautiful Love Themes
Artist: The Brodsky Quartet, Maria-Joao Pires, Lawrence Foster, Borodin String Quartet
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Title: The Essential Hilary Hahn
Artist: Hilary Hahn, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
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Title: A Bach Christmas Experience
Artist: Concentus Musicus Wien, Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Title: 40 Most Beautiful Carols
Artist: Sumi Jo, Oxford, Chanticleer, Edward Higginbottom, New College Choir
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: New Music Collections, Vol. 3: Orchestral
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: The Violin Concerto: Legendary Performances
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Baroque Cello Concertos
Artist: Mstislav Rostropovich
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Benoît Mernier: A Wake of Music / Benoit Mernier: A Wake of Music
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Classical
Title: Concert Of The Birds
Artist: Maria-Joao Pires, Ton Koopman, Mariss Jansons, Alexandre Tharaud, Emmanuel Pahud, Lily Laskine
Genre: Classical