He won the International American Music Competition in 1981 which was sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation.
[1] He was also a winner in the J.S.Bach International Competition and received the Tanglewood Music Center's Cabot Award in 1971.
Hodgkinson made his European orchestral debut in 1985 with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome.
He was a featured artist on the Bosendorfer Concert Series, which aired on WNYC-FM in New York City.
In addition to his solo work, he also regularly performs the four-hand and two-piano repertoire with his wife, Leslie Amper.