Hans Leygraf
Hans Leygraf (born September 7, 1920 in Stockholm ; † February 12, 2011 ) was a Swedish pianist , composer and conductor .
Life
Hans Leygraf, son of German-Austrian parents, made his first public appearance as a pianist with the Stockholm Philharmonic at the age of nine . At the age of twelve he gave his first solo recital.
Leygraf studied piano with Gottfrid Boon in Stockholm and with Anna Hirzel-Langenhan in Switzerland. He also completed a degree in composition and conducting at the University of Music and Theater in Munich and the Royal University of Music in Stockholm .
In 1967 he founded the Leygraf Piano Quartet , with which he has given concerts in many European countries, in the USSR and in Japan. The focus of these concert tours were the piano quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .
As a soloist he has released several records with works by Joseph Haydn , W. A. Mozart, Franz Schubert , Frédéric Chopin , Claude Debussy , Wilhelm Stenhammar and Béla Bartók .
In addition to the works of Mozart, Leygraf directed his concert activities particularly to the works of Swedish composers such as Dag Wirén , Lars-Erik Larsson , Gunnar de Frumerie and Wilhelm Stenhammar .
In the 1940s he also published his own piano and chamber music compositions.
From 1956 Leygraf worked as a music teacher a. a. at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg , since 1962 at the Hochschule für Musik , in 1973 and 1975 at the Music Academy in Stockholm , in 1976 and 1981 at the Academy of Music in Tokyo and in 1981 at the Music Academy in Taipei . From 1972 to 1990 he was a full professor at the Mozarteum University of Music, where he directed a piano class for international top talents until September 2007 . He retired in 1990 , but also taught as a visiting professor at the Berlin University of the Arts, now the University of the Arts .
Honors
- Honorary member of the Mozarteum University, Salzburg
- Bearer of the Royal Vasa Order
- Carrier of the Litteris et Artibus
- Full member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leygraf, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish pianist, composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 2011 |