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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 30 > Pianist Leonard Pennario, best-selling classical artist

Pianist Leonard Pennario, best-selling classical artist

Musician played with symphonies, made classical albums and movie soundtracks

By Chris Pasles / The Bulletin
June 30, 2008

Pianist Leonard Pennario, a best-selling recording artist who made his concert debut with the Dallas Symphony at age 12 after learning Grieg’s Piano Concerto in a week so he could play it from memory, has died. He was 83.

Pennario died Friday at his home in La Jolla, Calif., after a....

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