Hugh Wolff

Three-time Grammy-nominated conductor Hugh Wolff is a musical firebrand, whose recent debuts include the Royal Danish Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. Wolff returns regularly to the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Recent and upcoming highlights include returns to the Belgian National Orchestra,  Dortmunder Philharmoniker, and Düsseldorfer Symphoniker.

Wolff currently serves as conductor emeritus of the Belgian National Orchestra (2022–present), following highly successful years as chief conductor of the orchestra (2017–22). Other positions held during the course of his illustrious career have included principal conductor of the hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt (1997–2006), principal conductor & music director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (1998–2000), and others.

A champion of contemporary works, Wolff has recorded the music of such leading composers as John Corigliano, Brett Dean, John Harbison, Aaron Jay Kernis, and Mark-Anthony Turnage. He has recorded with Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Jennifer Larmore, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mstislav Rostropovich, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and John Scofeld.

He holds the Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Director of Orchestras Chair at New England Conservatory, Boston, where he is in charge of the four orchestras and teaches graduate students the art of orchestral conducting.