About Uwe Grodd, Conductor

New Zealand based conductor and flautist Uwe Grodd first gained worldwide recognition when he won First Prize at the Cannes Classical Awards 2000, for the Best 18th Century Orchestral Recording with his album of symphonies by Johann Baptist Vaňhal conducting the Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia in Hungary (8.554341). This was followed by a recording of Ignaz Pleyel’s symphonies (8.554696), which was one of three finalists in the Best 18th & 19th Century Orchestral Recording category at Cannes in 2002. It also reached the Critics’ Choice Top 60 Discs of the recording year in the BBC Music Magazine.