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Leonard Hokanson (August 13, 1931 – March 21, 2003) was an American pianist who achieved prominence in Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. Born in Vinalhaven, Maine, he attended Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and Bennington College in Vermont, where he received a master of arts degree with a major in music. He made his concert debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of eighteen. Drafted into the U.S. Army after graduate school, he was posted to Augsburg, Germany. He achieved early recognition as a performer in Europe, serving as a soloist with such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and the Vienna Symphony. He was awarded the Steinway Prize of Boston and was a prizewinner at the Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy. His numerous international music festival appearances included Aldeburgh, Berlin, Echternach, Lucerne, Prague, Ravinia, Salzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Tanglewood, and Vienna.
One of the last pupils of Artur Schnabel, Hokanson also studied with Karl-Ulrich Schnabel, Claude Frank, and Julian DeGray. He was professor of piano at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts for ten years before taking a position as professor of piano at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Mus...
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Top 10 Leonard Hokanson Songs
Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise"
Bagatelle for Piano in A Minor "Für Elise", WoO No. 59
Concerto for Piano No. 17 KV 453: II.
An einen Saugling, WoO 108
Concerto for Piano No. 17 KV 453: III.
Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise", Beethoven
Concerto for Piano No. 17 KV 453: I.
Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
Trinklied, WoO 109
Rubinstein: Melodies, Op. 3
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Top 10 Leonard Hokanson Albums
Mozart: Piano Concertos - Vol. 3 - No. 17, 19 & 20
Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D.795, Op.25
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