Hugh Wolff

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...