Gunnar Johansen - legendary artist

[Music and Vision]

'Gunnar Johansen is a legend. That is, his existence is of fable and myth.

'His gigantic recording output is occasionally recalled. His association
with Egon Petri and Busoni is sometimes remembered. His compositions are
not more than distant tales dimly heard.

'It is most apt that he heralded from the Scandinavian north -- home of
deep fogs, obscure tales, mighty feats and acts of magic power now lost
in the mists of time. And from those mists comes the occasional flash of
lightening.'

Today at Music & Vision, Gordon Rumson uses pictures, words and sound to
tell the extraordinary story of Gunnar Johansen :

http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2001/01/johansn1.htm?a

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[BrooklynPianist]

I remember seeing Gunnar Johansen give a series of recitals and master classes
at MIT in 1982, including a duo performance of the Reger Beethoven variations
with my professor, John Buttrick. He made a great impression on me by both his
pianism and his personality; I remember him playing his 'Pearl Harbor' sonata.
I hope for the reissue of his recordings.

Jeff