Stephen Hough

British music educator, pianist and academic

Stephen Hough
Sir Stephen Andrew Gill Hough (; born 22 November 1961) is a British-Australian classical pianist, composer and writer. Biography. Hough was born in Heswall (then in Cheshire) on the Wirral Peninsula, and grew up in Thelwall, where he began piano lessons at the age of five. His father, who was born in Australia, worked as a technical representative for British Steel before his death at the age of 54. At an early age, Hough was able to memorise approximately 100 nursery rhymes. After much pleading, his parents agreed to buy a second-hand piano for £5 from a local antique shop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hough

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