Randolph Henning Hokanson[1] (June 22, 1915 – October 18, 2018) was an American pianist andprofessor emeritus at theUniversity of Washington in Seattle. He was noted for his recordings ofBach,Schubert,Beethoven,Chopin,Liszt andMendelssohn, and gave over 100 performances, including the complete cycle ofBeethoven sonatas.
Hokanson was born in the state ofWashington in June 1915 as the fifth of eleven children of a family of Swedish immigrants inBellingham.[1][2] He began playing the piano at the age of eight, and by the age of fifteen, he had begun giving recitals regularly inSeattle andVictoria, British Columbia.[1][3] After high school, he studied in London on a scholarship withHarold Samuel,Myra Hess andCarl Friedberg and later performed as soloist underThomas Beecham,Pierre Monteux,Arthur Fiedler,Walter Susskind,Milton Katims, and others. He toured the United States and Canada for eight years.[1][4] He was part of the University of Washington music faculty from 1949 to 1984.[1][3] He was still performing at the age of 90.[5]
In 2011, he released a memoir,With Head to the Music Bent: A Musician's Story.[6] He was married to composer Dorothy Cadzow (August 9, 1916 – June 26, 2001) from 1951 until her death.[7] Hokanson gave a concert of pieces by Bach, Mozart and Chopin in Bayview Manor Albertson Hall, Seattle, on June 21, 2015, the day before his 100th birthday.[8] He died on 18 October 2018 at the age of 103.[1]
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