Randall Hodgkinson, Piano
"A pianist of style, temperament and a big technique"
                                                                                 - Chicago Tribune

grand prize winner of the International American Music Competition, sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation, has performed with orchestras in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, Cleveland and abroad in Italy and Iceland. In addition he has performed numerous recital programs spanning the repertoire from J.S. Bach to Donald Martino. He is an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society and performs the four-hand and two piano repertoire with his wife Leslie Amper. Festival appearances include Blue Hill-Maine, BargeMusic, Chestnut Hill Concerts in Madison Connecticut, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Mr. Hodgkinson is presently on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music and the Longy School. Recently, Mr. Hodgkinson gave the world premiere of the Piano Concerto by Gardner Read at the Eastman School in Rochester which has been released on Albany Records. Other recordings include solo works by Roger Sessions and Donald Martino for the New World label; and chamber music with the Boston Chamber Music Society for Northeastern Records and recently for Albany Records, the Morton Gould Concerto with the Albany Symphony. A CD of solo piano music on the Ongaku label has been released to critical acclaim.