Hugh Wolff

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Hugh Wolff (born 21 October 1953 in Paris) is an American conductor.

Educated at Harvard and Peabody Conservatory, he began his career in 1979 as assistant conductor at the National Symphony Orchestra, during the tenure of Mstislav Rostropovich[1] and as music director of the orchestra of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Wolff then served as music director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra from 1986 to 1993. [2] In 1985 he was awarded the Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts Conductors Award.

From 1988-1992, Wolff was Principal Conductor of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and its Music Director from 1992-2000. He served as Principal Conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival from 1994-1997 and of the hr Symphony Orchestra (also known as the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) from 1997-2006. He has guest conducted major orchestras around the world, including the New York Philharmonic[3], Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Philharmonia (London), Orchestre National de France, Leipzig Gewandhaus and orchestras in Australia, Japan, and Canada. Three times nominated for a Grammy, he has recorded extensively for Teldec, Sony and other labels.

Wolff now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife, Judith Kogan, and their three sons.

In February 2008, Mr. Wolff was appointed the Director of Orchestras at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA.

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Preceded by
Thomas Michalak
Music Director, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
1985–1993
Succeeded by
Zdenek Macal
Preceded by
Christopher Hogwood
Music Director, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
1992–2000
Succeeded by
Andreas Delfs
Preceded by
Dmitri Kitaenko
Principal Conductor, hr Symphony Orchestra
1997–2006
Succeeded by
Paavo Järvi
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