Rudolf Buchbinder (Piano)
Rudolf Buchbinder is one of today’s legendary performers. For more than 50
years he has appeared in concert all over the world with the most renowned
orchestras and conductors.
Around his 70th birthday in December 2016, this versatile artist will be
celebrated in such prestigious venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall
in Tokyo, the Musikverein in Vienna and the Berliner Philharmonie.
Among
the highlights of the anniversary season, tours with the Vienna Philharmonic
under the batons of Zubin Mehta and Franz Welser-Möst and with the Staatskapelle
Dresden, as well as concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker led by Christian
Thielemann stand out in particular.
By invitation of Mariss Jansons, Rudolf Buchbinder is Artist in Residence
with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. The Musikverein in Vienna
marks the occasion with a special feature of Rudolf Buchbinder.
Rudolf Buchbinder’s repertoire spans from Bach to contemporary music. He has
documented this broad artistic range in more than 100 recordings, many of which
have won awards.
His readings of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven in particular have set new
standards. With his cyclic performances of the 32 Beethoven sonatas, he has
contributed to the development of the performance history of these works across
several decades.
Until today he has performed this cycle more than 50 times – among other
places in Berlin, Buenos Aires, Dresden, Milan, Beijing, St. Petersburg, Zurich,
and four times in Vienna as well as in Munich, respectively.
As the first pianist ever he performed all Beethoven sonatas within one
summer season at the Salzburg festival in 2014. The Salzburg cycle was recorded
live on DVD.
His latest CD release is a recording of Mozart piano concertos with
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, directed by Buchbinder from the piano.
The autumn of 2016 sees the release on DVD and CD of a live recording of
Brahms’ two piano concertos with the Vienna Philharmonic and Zubin
Mehta.
Buchbinder’s readings are based on meticulous study of source
material.
An avid collector of historic scores, he owns 39 complete editions of Ludwig
van Beethoven’s piano sonatas.
Furthermore, his library contains an extensive collection of first prints,
original editions and copies of Brahms’ two original piano concerto scores.
Rudolf Buchbinder has been the artistic director of the Grafenegg festival
since 2007. Under his leadership, it developed into one of Europe’s foremost
festivals for orchestral music within very short time.
Rudolf Buchbinder has published two books so far:
his autobiography “Da Capo”
as well as “My Beethoven – Life With the Master”.
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