Uwe Grodd

Uwe Grodd is a musician who seems to do everything except make his own instruments: he is a conductor, flutist, professor, and researcher. He is a specialist in Classical- and Postclassical-period music, especially that of Beethoven's student Ferdinand Ries. Grodd toured internationally as a conductor and flutist for a time, and a defining event in his career occurred in 1986 when he appeared with the Auckland Philharmonia in front of 250,000 spectators on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to New Zealand. Grodd made his recording debut in 1998, conducting the Failoni Chamber Orchestra in a recording of sinfonias by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf. By 2022, Grodd's catalog comprised more than 25 recordings.