Pianist Stephen Hough to perform Dec. 1 at Lied Center

A leading concert pianist, Stephen Hough has been praised as "arguably the finest …  and most technically impressive British pianist" by The New York Times. His Lied Center for Performing Arts debut, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1, features a virtuosic program highlighted with pieces by Franz Schubert and Franz Liszt.

Tickets are available at http://liedcenter.org, by phone at 402-472-4747 or at the Lied Center box office at 12th and Q streets. Tickets are available to students at a 50 percent discount with a valid NCard.

Hough is regarded as a Renaissance man of his time. Over the course of his career, Hough has secured a reputation as an insightful concert pianist as well as a writer and composer. He is commended for his mastery of the instrument along with an inquisitive mind, which has earned him a multitude of prestigious awards and a long-standing international following.

In 2001, Hough was the first classical performing artist to win a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He was awarded Northwestern University's 2008 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano, won the 2010 Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Award, and in January 2014 was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in the New Year's Honors List. He has appeared with most of the major European and American orchestras and plays recitals regularly in major halls and concert series around the world.

The Lied Center's 2015-16 Piano Series will also include performances by Yuja Wang with the Russian National Orchestra (Feb. 27) and Garrick Ohlsson (April 6). The series is made possible through the generosity of the Lied Center Piano Circle. Piano Circle members include Judith C. Amber, Ted and Anabeth Cox, John and Mary Ann Clinton, MarySue Harris, Charlotte Heermann, Mrs. Larry H. Lusk, Joan M. Reist and Diana H. Warner.