Hans Leygraf (7 September 1920 – 12 February 2011) was a Swedish pianist, music educator, conductor and composer.
Life
Born in Stockholm, Leygraf studied piano with in
Stockholm
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and
Anna Hirzel-Langenhan
Anna Hirzel-Langenhan (20 August 1874 – 15 December 1951) was a Swiss pianist and music educator.
Life
Born in Lachen, Hirzel-Langenhan studied at the Zurich University of the Arts and in Vienna with Theodor Leschetizky and Anna Jessipowa. ...
in Switzerland. He was one of Sweden's most internationally renowned musicians and also a famous educator. He taught at
Edsbergs musical institute outside Stockholm, in Darmstadt, Hanover, Berlin and Salzburg. In Salzburg he was professor of piano at the
Mozarteum
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between 1972 and 1990, but continued until 2007 to give lessons for particularly talented students. He gave concerts back in 2010 (80 years after his debut) and was probably best known for his interpretations of
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...
and
Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...
.
As a composer, Leygraf was a member of
The Monday Group, but he stopped composing as early as the 1940s.
Leygrat died in Stockholm at the age of 90.
Recordings
* Stenhammar Piano Concerto No. 2, Gothenburg Radio Orchestra / Sixten Eckerberg. Radiotjänst 1946
* Blomdahl: Chamber Concerto. London Symphony Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling. DECCA 1965
* Mozart: Piano Concerto K.414, Fantasia K.475, Sonata K.457. The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stig Westerberg. EMI 1976
* Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2, Nationalmusei Chamber Orchestra, Claude Genetay. Polar 1980
* Mozart: Piano Sonatas. SR Records vol. 1 1982, vol. 2 1984
* ''Three Schubert Recitals''. Caprice Records 1994
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas. dB Productions 2002
* Claude Debussy: The Preludes. dB Productions 2006
* Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonatas, The 1960 and 2007 recordings, 2CD. dB Productions 2008
* Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonata Box. dB Productions Jan. 2006
* Beethoven: Opus 111 A Tribute to Pianist Hans Leygraf (1920–2011). dB Productions Sep. 2011 (Beethoven op. 110, recorded 1973 & Beethoven op. 111, recorded 1980)
Videography
Hans Leygraf: Fundamental piano lessons, 2006.
Further reading
*Johan Pettersson
''Tillsammans med Hans Leygraf: En studie av pianopedagogik och traditionsöverföring'' Licentiatuppsats vid
Piteå School of Music
The School of Music in Piteå is a music school located in Piteå in northern Sweden. It is a part of the Department of Music and Media at Luleå University of Technology.
The school was founded in 1978. Well known professor
Professor (com ...
2005
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Swedish classical pianists
Swedish classical composers
Swedish conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
1920 births
2011 deaths
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover faculty
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Litteris et Artibus recipients
Academics of Mozarteum University Salzburg
Musicians from Stockholm