Artist description Classical pianist Brent Hugh performs a variety of classical music for the piano, ranging from Baroque to 20th Century. Besides the commonly heard masterworks of classical musicand lesser-known gems of the piano repertoire, Hugh often features his own compositions for piano in his recordings and concerts.

Music Style Classical piano music

Musical Influences Arthur Rubenstein, Ivan Moravec, Dinu Lipatti, Glenn Gould, Vladimir Horowitz, Ann Schein--and others. Please note that some influences have shown me what to do--others what NOT to do . . .

Artist History Hugh is a classical composer, teacher and performing artist. Hugh is Assistant Professor of Piano at Missouri Western State College, and has been performing and touring since 1983, playing classical repertoire and his own compositions. Like another mp3.com artist, Jeff Harrington, Hugh has been a pioneer in bringing freely downloadable classical music--both in print formand in the form of sound files--to the internet.

Instruments Piano

Albums Fantastic Rhapsodies, Brent Hugh Live in Kansas City, Brent Hugh In Recital, Favorite Hymn Fantasies, Christmas Dreams, The Isle of Joy, Brent Hugh Unplugged

Press Reviews ". . . melodious essays, thoughtful journeys, tonal sculptures, and musical waterfalls . . . Hugh HAS captured Fantastic Rhapsodies" --Richard Greene, Kansas City infoZine. "Those who have previously seen Hugh . . . know of his casual, spontaneous ease in addressing himself either to the music or to converse with the audience about an idiosyncrasy of a composer." --Tim Cummings, Sheridan (Wyoming) Press." . . . his music awakes one emotion and then another." Elsie Hall, The Clipper. "Wonderful! Inventive! And damn good playing!" --Internet listener from California."I enjoyed listening to your Debussy. Your playing is technically superb! . . . somehow your Debussy reminded me of some of the recordings by Walter Gieseking." --Internet listener from New York. Reviews and articles by Terri Baumgardner, Kansas City Star and others are available on our web site.

Additional Info Sheet music by Brent Hugh (some freely downloadable) is also available at our web site. All mp3s by Brent Hugh are distributed under the Free Music Philosophy (see http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp.html). In general, Copyright for the recordings is retained by Brent Hugh, but you are free to use the music for any non-commercial use, as long as identifying and copyright information is retained.

Location Raytown, MO - USA

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