Hans Kann (1927-2005) was an Austrian pianist, active as soloist, concerto player and teacher. He became associated with Beethoven and the central classical repertory.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Beethoven sonatas and the Emperor Concerto with Hans Swarowsky and the Vienna Festival Orchestra.

Kann’s playing, as represented here, belongs to the post-war Viennese keyboard tradition: clear, disciplined and direct, with Beethoven treated as architecture rather than wallpaper.

His page is justified by repeated catalogue presence. Kann gives the Beethoven piano shelf a neat Austrian line.