Stefan Hussong


Stefan Hussong is a German classical accordionist.
He has received numerous awards for his performances, including the Gaudeamus International Competition for Performers for contemporary classical music, and was named best instrumentalist of the year by ECHO Klassik.
WWW stefan-hussong.de

Life

Born in, Püttlingen, Hussong studied with Eugen Tschanun, Hugo Noth, Joseph Macerollo and Mayumi Miyata at the Trossingen University of Music, Toronto and Tokyo Conservatories. In 1983, he won first prize in the Hugo Herrmann Competition.
His work as a soloist is shared with many orchestras, such as the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Harmonia Chamber Orchestra, the Klangforum Wien and the Ensemble Modern. He has joined musicians such as violinist Irvine Arditti and cellists Julius Berger and Miklós Perényi.
He is a professor of classical accordion and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg.

Style and repertoire

Hussong's repertoire ranges from Baroque music to contemporary music, where he collaborates with the composers Sofia Gubaidulina, Toshio Hosokawa, Adriana Hölszky and Klaus Huber.
Hussong points out that the accordion, which had been a little-used instrument in academic music, has become a fascinating instrument because of the technical possibilities it possesses: "a wind instrument with a keyboard, with a wide dynamic and tonal spectrum".

Prizes

  • 1983 – First prize at the international Hugo Hermann competition.
  • 1987 – First prize at the Gaudeamus International Competition for Performers.
  • 1999 – Best Instrumentalist of the Year ECHO Klassik.

Recordings