Gunnar Johansen

Who was Gunnar Johansen?

Gunnar Johansen was a Danish-born pianist and composer. A romantic piano virtuoso of the highest order, he was one of the chief proponents of the music of Busoni, whose mature keyboard works he recorded in their entirety, as well as the complete keyboard works of J.S. Bach, constituting 43 LP records.

Johansen was not only a composer, but also a scholar, educator and humanist. His many humanitarian efforts included establishment of the Leonardo Academy dedicated to the integration of the arts and sciences. He organized conferences which included such notables as Edward Teller, inventor of the American hydrogen bomb, and Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome.