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He is a classical pianist
born in Buffalo, New Yorkm but was raised in Los
Angeles, California. His musical abilities became noticed
when he was 13 and was asked to perform Edvard Grieg's
Piano Concerto for the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra when they urgently needed a replacement pianist. Since then he has appeared with
every major orchestra in America
and became known for his interpretations of Gershwin whose works he has
performed at several festivals as well as at the 50th
anniversary of his death at the Lincoln
Center in 1987. During the 1980s he made several
international tours to Europe and the Far East appearing with orchestras including the Berlin,
Vienna and Royal Philharmonics,
the Tonhalle Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. He has made over
60 recordings and his most celebrated are Chopin Polonaises and Waltzes, Rozsa's
Concerto for Pantheon and
Beethoven's Piano Trio in E
flat, Op. 70, No. 2. After
having a career that spanned over 60 years, he retired from performing and
recording in the late 1990s.
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Recordings
Warsaw Concerto (Richard Addinsell)
EMI 63661 (CD: Concertos Under the Stars)
Conductor - Carmen Dragon
Piano - Leonard Pennario
Sources:
- http://www.pennario.org/Pages/Leonard-Pennario-Biography.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Pennario
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