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Rudolf Buchbinder

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Biography

For more than 50 years, Rudolf Buchbinder – born on December 1, 1946 in Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia - has played classical piano with the major orchestras of the world and worked with famed conductors. He is noted for his readings of Beethoven, whose 32 piano sonatas he has performed more than 50 times internationally. Born in what was then Czechoslovakia, he is an Austrian citizen who studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and garnered attention when he won a special prize at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1966. He has toured often with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which made him an honorary member in 2016 when he released a live recording of Brahms's two piano concertos with the orchestra under conductor Zubin Mehta. Buchbinder is artist in residence with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and since 2007 he has been artistic director of the Grafenegg festival in Austria. A dedicated collector of classical music scores, his library contains 39 complete editions of Beethoven's piano sonatas. He has published two books, My Beethoven - Life with the Master and an autobiography, Da Capo. To mark his 70th birthday in 2016, his tour included performances with the Berliner Philharmonie and at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and Musikverein in Vienna. In 2017, he was honored with the Vienna Mozart Prize. With over 100 releases in his catalog. His 2020 release, The Diabelli Project, was issued 50 years after the release of Klaviertrio D-Moll, Op.49 / Klaviertrio D-Moll, the 1970 album where he made his recorded debut.
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  2.   Keyboard Sonata No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI, 34: II. Adagio - Vivace molto innocentemente
  3.   Beliebte Klavierstücke - Rudolf Buchbinder, Frederic Chopin (1810-1849): - Prélude Des-Dur Op.28 Nr. 15 "regentropfen-Prélude"
  4.   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 - II. Andante con moto featuring Rudolf Buchbinder
  5.   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 - III. Rondo. Vivace featuring Rudolf Buchbinder
  6.   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 - I. Allegro moderato featuring Rudolf Buchbinder
  7.   Sonata no. 45 in A major, Hob. XVI:30: II. Tempo di menuet
  8.   Beliebte Klavierstücke - Rudolf Buchbinder, Franz Schubert (1797-1828): - Ungarische Melodie H-Moll D 817
  9.   Sonata no. 48 in C major, Hob. XVI:35: I. Allegro con brio
  10.   Sonata no. 48 in C major, Hob. XVI:35: II. Adagio
  11.   Sonata no. 48 in C major, Hob. XVI:35: III. Finale: Allegro
  12.   Keyboard Sonata No. 42 in G Major, Hob. XVI, 27: II. Menuet
  13.   Keyboard Sonata No. 42 in G Major, Hob. XVI, 27: III. Finale - Presto
  14.   Sonata no. 44 in F major, Hob. XVI:29: I. Moderato
  15.   50 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli : Variation 43
  16.   50 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli : Variation 9
  17.   Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo featuring Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
  18.   50 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli : Variation 8
  19.   Turkish March featuring Ludwig van Beethoven
  20.   24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor
  21.   Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45
  22.   50 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli : Variation 6
  23.   Beliebte Klavierstücke - Rudolf Buchbinder, Frederic Chopin (1810-1849): - Impromptu Nr. 4 Cis-Moll Op. 66 "fantasie-Impromptu"
  24.   24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major
  25.   24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
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