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Ian Hobson
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Ian Hobson (born 7 August 1952) is an English pianist, conductor and teacher. His pianistic repertoire spans the baroque to the contemporary, but he specialises in the Romantic repertoire. Ian Hobson was born in Wolverhampton in 1952. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Yale University in the United States. His teachers included Claude Frank, Ralph Kirkpatrick and Menahem Pressler. Hobson made his London debut in 1979. He won silver medals in the Arthur Rubinstein and Vienna-Beethoven competitions and first prize in the 1981 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition. His United States debut came in 1983, and he has since performed in concert and recital in many countries and with some of the world’s great orchestras. He frequently conducts from the keyboard. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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The Flight of the Bumblebee
2,8932Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
1,8453Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
4474Prelude in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 23, No. 1
3485Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4
3166Prelude in B-Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 2
2957Prelude in E-Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 6
2548Prelude in D Minor, Op. 23, No. 3
2509Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23, No. 7
24310Prelude in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23, No. 9
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The Complete Solo Piano Transcriptions and Arrangements of Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff: 24 Preludes
Rachmaninoff: Early Piano Works
Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux Op. 33 & 39
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Bartok - Complete Works For Violin and Piano
Moszkowski: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Vol. 1
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Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval Des Animaux, Septuor, Allegro Appasionato & 6 Bagatelles
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Chopin - The Complete Works Volume 2: Hats Off
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Franz Shubert 1828
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Chopin - The Complete Works Volume 6: High Society
Hummel Piano Sonatas, Volume 2
Leopold Godowsky: 18 Studies On Chopin Etudes