Howard Griffiths

Official videos

Latest releases

  • Turkish Flavours - 100 Years of Turkish Symphonic Music
  • Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante KV 364, Rondos KV 382 & 386 & Horn Concerto No. 2 KV 417
  • Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, KV 364: III. Presto (Cadenzas by W. A. Mozart)
  • Cemal Reşit Rey: Enstantaneler - Fishermen pulling the Nets
  • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 KV 456 & 21 KV 467
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, KV 467: II. Andante (Cadenzas by Dinu Lipatti)
  • Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Sonata con variazioni
  • CPE Bach · Johann Gottlieb Graun: Viola Concertos
  • Beethoven Trilogy 3: Unheard
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 KV 459 - Concerto for Flute & Harp KV 299 - Andante for Flute KV 315 - Horn Concerto No. 1 KV 412/514
  • Mozart Piano Concertos No. 11, 13 (KV 413 & 415) & Oboe Concerto KV 314
  • Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314: III. Rondo: Allegretto (Cadenzas by Gabriel Pidoux)

    • About this artist

    Howard Griffiths is a British conductor.
    Griffiths was born in Hastings. He studied music at the Royal College of Music, London.
    He has lived in Switzerland since 1981. From 1996 to 2006, he was chief conductor and artistic director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Griffiths is a champion of music by contemporary Turkish and Swiss composers. With the ZKO, he has also conducted works in a classical and classical modern range, including CDs of Haydn's Creation, symphonies by Mozart and Ferdinand Ries and works by Beethoven, Pleyel, Cherubini and Handel. He has recorded over 60 CDs under various labels.
    In the UK, Griffiths was principal guest conductor of the Oxford Orchestra da Camera from 1994 to 1997. He has also been artistic director of the Orpheum Foundation for the Promotion of Young Soloists since 2000. He was appointed MBE in the 2006 New Year Honours.
    From 2007 to 2018 Howard Griffiths was chief conductor of the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester in Frankfurt.
    Griffiths is married to the Turkish violist Semra Griffiths, who plays in the Zurich Opera orchestra. Their son Kevin Griffiths is a conductor.

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