Hyperion Knight

HYPERION KNIGHT was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. He started piano lessons at the age of 4, and debued professionally at 14 in San Rafael, California, playing Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto. While studying with Nathan Schwartz in San Francisco, Knight received his Bachelor of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He moved to Cleveland and continued his studies, this time with Eunice Podis. His Master of Arts degree was earned from the Cleveland Institute of Music. At the age of 22, Hyperion Knight received his Doctor of Musical Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Appropriate to this recording, his dissertation was on the Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Piano Sonata. In 1983 he was appointed principal pianist with the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra.