史戴芬．胡頌  l手風琴

史戴芬．胡頌出生於德國薩爾科萊巴赫，他於1983年贏得國際雨果赫曼大賽首獎，更在1987年獲得國際高德阿姆斯現代音樂詮釋大賽的首獎；1999年，他在德國唱片工業協會舉辦的最佳演奏家比賽中獲得古典回聲獎；為日本天龍唱片公司錄製演奏約翰．凱吉作品的個人CD，也在同年獲得了最佳唱片獎。胡頌已經為超過100首為他而寫的作品進行首演，錄製超過40張CD，且屢獲獎項肯定。

胡頌經常在歐美、俄國與亞洲各地的音樂會演出，他也是各大音樂節的常客，包括薩爾斯堡音樂節、波恩貝多芬之家音樂節、柏林超聲音樂節、東京三得利音樂節、萊比錫新音樂節、慕尼黑雙年音樂節、科隆三年音樂節、布魯塞爾音樂節、維也納現代音樂節、莫斯科巴揚手風琴音樂節、華沙秋天音樂節、萊茵高音樂節、日內瓦群島音樂節、法國南錫音樂節、日本武生音樂節、日本秋吉台音樂節，以及舊金山「遇見現代大師」音樂節。

身為獨奏家的他，與樂團合作演出的經驗豐富，例如瑞士羅曼德管弦樂團、柏林愛樂、維也納愛樂、法國當代音樂合奏團、維也納聲響論壇、德國薩爾布呂肯交響樂團、東京和諧室內樂團、東京小交響樂團，以及東京新日本愛樂等。

他與多位作曲家密切合作，包括古拜杜麗娜、原田敬子、赫絲基、一柳慧、細川俊夫、烏羅什‧羅伊科，以及胡伯等，他們為他創作了超過50首作品。

胡頌曾為多家唱片公司錄製唱片，例如日本天龍、EMI、美國Mode Records、德國Wergo、Thorofon、Col Legno、Koch-Schwann，以及Ars Musici等，音樂類型從巴洛克延續到現代作品。

胡頌曾在德國特羅辛根大學、多倫多大學與東京藝術大學，師從尤金．車南、雨果．諾特、約瑟夫．馬塞羅，以及宮田真由美。他獲得多間基金會的獎學金肯定，包括德國學術交流服務基金會、斯圖加特孤獨學院基金會，以及巴登符騰堡藝術基金會。 

1989年，他受邀至赫爾辛基的西貝流士學院擔任訪問教授，從1993年開始在薩爾茲堡莫札特大學教授國際夏季學院，目前在德國符茲堡音樂大學教授手風琴與室內樂。

 Stefan Hussong l Accordion

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.