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Leonard Hokanson
12+ albums
ClassicalpianoAmerican classical pianist
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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 Music in Bloomington in 1986. He was also a permanent guest professor at the Tokyo College of Music. He was a founding member of the Odeon Trio and as a chamber musician performed with such ensembles as the
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Bagatelle for Piano in A minor "Für Elise", WoO 59
22,6392Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise"
6,6533Bagatelle for Piano in A Minor "Für Elise", WoO No. 59
3,8104Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
6135Concerto for Piano No. 17 KV 453: II.
2766Rondo alla turca from Sonata Nº 11 in A major KV 331
2357Rubinstein: Melodies, Op. 3
2018Mozart: Piano Sonata #11 In A, K 331 - 3. Rondo Alla Turca
1769Beethoven: Bagatelle For Piano In A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise" (Excerpt)
15910Concerto for Piano No. 17 KV 453: I.
157albums
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The 50 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music
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Classical Piano for Rainy Autumn Days
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The 99 Most Essential Beethoven Masterpieces
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The 99 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music
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The 100 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music
Mozart: Piano Concertos - Vol. 3 - No. 17, 19 & 20
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Instant Classical Collection - Most Popular Masterpieces, Vol. 2
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The Essential Mozart
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The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era
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Piano Adagios
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25 Beethoven Favorites