UWE GRODD
conductor
Uwe Grodd’s contributions to classical music have
brought him considerable international acclaim as
conductor, flautist, editor and teacher. To date, he
has made world premiere recordings of more than
80 works of 18th and early 19th century music.
Three of these masses and 19 symphonies have not
been heard since the 18th century. In 1997 he joined
Naxos Records as an exclusive artist, a partnership that has allowed him
to reintroduce the oeuvres of many undervalued or forgotten composers.
Uwe Grodd initially gained worldwide attention when awarded First
Prize at the Cannes Classical Awards 2000 for Best 18th Century
Orchestral recording for his CD of Vanhal symphonies on which he
conducted Hungary’s Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia. Two Editor’s Choice
Awards from Gramophone UK followed and in 2013 Grodd received
the coveted International Record Review Outstanding Industry award
following his recording of Ferdinand Ries’ Complete Works for Piano and
Orchestra, featuring the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Bournemouth
Symphony, the Gaevle and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Uwe Grodd performed and recorded his new editions of Hummel’s
arrangements of Mozart’s last six symphonies for flute, violin, cello
and piano. With their generous suggestions for phrasing, articulation,
dynamics and, most importantly, metronome markings for tempo, they
offer an intricate insight into how Mozart’s most prominent student
shaped these masterworks. In 2018 this was followed with Hummel’s
arrangements of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 and the Eroica. He
performed and recorded them in the UK with the Gould Piano Trio.
Performance highlights include eight concerts with the Mexico
City Philharmonic and the final concerts of the 53rd and the
54th Handel Festival in Halle, Germany. This involved a combined
choir of 280 and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle. He
also conducted sell-out seasons of Handel’s rediscovered opera
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