Musik-Kurswochen
Arosa
June – November 2024
Prof. Stefan Hussong
Stefan Hussong, born in Koellerbach an der Saar, Germany, 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 Phonoacademy in the category Best Performer. That same year his Solo-CD for Denon with works by John Cage won the Best Record Award of the year. Hussong has premiered more than 100 works dedicated to him and he has recorded more than 40 CD`s, some of which have won several prizes.

Stefan Hussong has appeared in concert throughout Europe, in the United States, Russia and in Asia. He has appeared at festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Ultraschall Berlin, Suntory-festival Tokyo, Leipzig New Music, Munich Biennale, Triennale Cologne, Brussels, Wien-Modern, Moscow Bajanfestival, Warszaw-Autumn, Rheingau, Archipel Geneva, Festival Nancy, France, Takefu and Akiyoshidai in Japan and “Meet the Moderns” in San Francisco.

As a soloist, he has appeared with, among others, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Berliner Phil. Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, Rundfunk Symphonieorchester Saarbruecken, the Tokyo Harmonia Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Sinfonietta, and Tokyo Shin Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra.

He has closely collaborated with composers such as S.Gubaidulina, K. Harada, A. Hölszky,  T. Ichiyanagi, T. Hosokawa, U. Rojko and K. Huber etc. who have dedicated more than 50 works to him.

Mr. Hussong has recorded for Denon, EMI, Wergo, Thorofon, Mode-records, Col Legno, Koch-Schwann, Ars Musici ranging from the Baroque to the contemporary works,

Stefan Hussong studied with Eugen Tschanun, Hugo Noth, Joseph Macerollo and Mayumi Miyata at the Universities of Trossingen, Toronto and Tokyo (Geijutsu Daigaku). He is a recipient of scholarships from the D.A.A.D. Foundation, the "German Scholarship Foundation", Academy Solitude Stuttgart and the Art Foundation of Baden-Wuerttemberg.

In 1989 he served as visiting professor at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. 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.
Courses
Arosa Music Academy I – Master class at the highest level