Randolph Henning Hokanson[1] (June 22, 1915 – October 18, 2018) was an American pianist and professor emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Hokanson was born in the state of Washington in June 1915 as the fifth of eleven children of a family of Swedish immigrants in Bellingham.
[1][3] After high school, he studied in London 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.
[6] He was married to composer Dorothy Cadzow (August 9, 1916 – June 26, 2001) from 1951 until her death.
[7] Hokanson gave a concert of pieces by Bach, Mozart and Chopin in Bayview Manor Albertson Hall, Seattle, on June 21, 2015, the day before his 100th birthday.