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Hans Boepple
Piano
". . . a greatly gifted pianist" Washington Star
". . . an accomplished interpreter" Los Angeles Times
". . . the peak of pianistic perfection" Badische Zeitung
A featured soloist with distinguished orchestras since his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at age 10 and a collaborator with conductors of international reputation, Hans Boepple is a frequent guest artist on university and civic concert series across the United States.
With a solo recital career of over forty years, Hans Boepple is an honored member of the Steinway Piano International Artist Roster. Both National Public Radio and Voice of America have recorded and broadcast his live performances. Hans Boepple recorded the complete Beethoven Bagatelles for Orion Master Recordings and his three recent recordings for the Kjos Music Company are now part of their Master Composer Collection of Piano Literature. Mr. Boepple holds both a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music (Piano Performance) and Performer’s Certificate from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington) where he studied with renowned American pianist Sidney Foster.
A former full-time member of the piano faculty at the IU School of Music (1974-78), Boepple is a tenured, full Professor of Music at Santa Clara University (CA).
He joined the SCU faculty in 1978 to teach much of the academic curriculum required for students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in Music degree. He served as chair of the department of music from 1995-2007. An important component to his work is to mentor others on topics related to teaching young musicians. In demand as an adjudicator, lecturer, and master teacher, Mr. Boepple continues to balance demanding performance activities with those of a dedicated and successful teacher. His students have earned more than 150 state, national, and international awards.
His acclaimed reputation as musician and master teacher extend further toward developing young artists at California Summer Music, a chamber music camp founded & directed by cellist Irene Sharp. A frequent master teacher at the World Piano Pedagogy Conferences, he has been guest speaker at the Portland Piano Festival (Oregon). In June 2009, Boepple returned to his alma mater, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music to present both a solo recital and master class. He was also presented as guest artist at the 2009 Music Teacher’s Association of California (MTAC) state convention (Santa Clara, CA).
