Randolph H. Hokanson (June 22, 1915 – October 18, 2018) was an American pianist and professor emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle. He was noted for his recordings of Bach, Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn, and gave over 100 performances, including the complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas. Hokanson was born in the state of Washington in June 1915. He studied on a scholarship with Harold Samuel, Myra Hess and Carl Friedberg and later performed as soloist under Thomas Beecham, Pierre Monteux, Arthur Fiedler, Walter Susskind, Milton Katims, and others. He …
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