Hanne Petri

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Hanne Petri
Festivals 1988

Hanne Petri is the mother of Michala Petri and appeared with her in Leominster Festival 1988.

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Hanne was born in Copenhagen in 1929. She studied at the Copenhagen Music Conservatorium and later in Vienna with Bruno Seidlhofer. She gave her first concert in 1954 and has given many concerts in Scandanavia and Austria. She has a great interest in contemporary music and has a piano concerto dedicated to her by Henning Christiansen and many other works written for her.

Since 1970 she has concentrated on playing the harpsichord and has been her daughter’s regular recital partner since then, playing with her all over the world and on recordings for Philips and R.C.A. Red Seal.

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