Rudolf Buchbinder is firmly established as one of the world’s foremost pianists
and is frequently invited by major orchestras and festivals around the world.
His comprehensive repertoire encompasses numerous 20th century compositions.
Rudolf Buchbinder’s emphasis lies on his meticulous study of musical sources. He
owns 38 complete editions of Beethoven’s sonatas and has an extensive collection
of autograph scores, first editions and original documents. In addition, he
possesses copies of the autograph scores and piano parts of both Brahms
concertos. More than 100 recordings document the scope and diversity of
Rudolf Buchbinder’s repertoire. Notable recordings to his credit include Haydn’s
complete works for piano, which caused a stir and earned him the Grand Prix du
Disque, as well as Waltzing Strauss, a CD featuring piano transcriptions. Today
Rudolf Buchbinder favours live recordings, a preference which has resulted in a
CD with the Brahms piano concertos (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Nikolaus
Harnoncourt) and in two DVDs featuring six Mozart concertos with Buchbinder as
pianist and conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic at the 2006 Vienna Festwochen.
Another live recording of the two Brahms piano concertos, released in 2010, was
made together with the Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta. In 2011 Rudolf
Buchbinder’s performances as pianist and conductor in Beethoven’s five piano
concertos at Vienna’s Musikverein together with the Vienna Philharmonic were
released on DVD and Blu-ray. These recordings were released on CD by Sony
Classical in October 2013. Rudolf Buchbinder presented a live recording of
Mozart concertos with Concentus Musicus Wien and Nikolaus Harnoncourt in 2012.
In 2013 Sony Classical released his latest solo album featuring works by Franz
Schubert. The interpretation of the “new testament” of the piano repertoire
has developed into a core interest for Rudolf Buchbinder. He continues to set
standards with his performances of the complete 32 sonatas by Ludwig van
Beethoven in more than 40 cities, among them Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Zurich, ST.
Petersburg, Buenos Aires, Beijing and Milan. Throughout the 2010–2011 season
he maintained a particularly close cooperation with the Staatskapelle Dresden as
the orchestra’s first Artist in Residence. His cycle of all Beethoven piano
sonatas at the Semperoper in Dresden was recorded live and released in May 2011
as a CD box by Sony/RCA Red Seal. In 2012 it won the prestigious Echo Klassik
award in the category “Instrumentalist of the year” and the Choc de l'année
2012. Rudolf Buchbinder is the founding artistic director of the Grafenegg
Festival which has quickly gained its rank among the major orchestra festivals
in Europe since its foundation in 2007. In his biography Da Capo (which includes
an introduction by German music critic Joachim Kaiser) Rudolf Buchbinder offers
insights into his life as one of today’s most distinguished pianists.Rudolf Buchbinder is firmly established as one of the world’s foremost pianists
and is frequently invited by major orchestras and festivals around the world.
His comprehensive repertoire encompasses numerous 20th century compositions.
Rudolf Buchbinder’s emphasis lies on his meticulous study of musical sources. He
owns 38 complete editions of Beethoven’s sonatas and has an extensive collection
of autograph scores, first editions and original documents. In addition, he
possesses copies of the autograph scores and piano parts of both Brahms
concertos. More than 100 recordings document the scope and diversity of
Rudolf Buchbinder’s repertoire. Notable recordings to his credit include Haydn’s
complete works for piano, which caused a stir and earned him the Grand Prix du
Disque, as well as Waltzing Strauss, a CD featuring piano transcriptions. Today
Rudolf Buchbinder favours live recordings, a preference which has resulted in a
CD with the Brahms piano concertos (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Nikolaus
Harnoncourt) and in two DVDs featuring six Mozart concertos with Buchbinder as
pianist and conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic at the 2006 Vienna Festwochen.
Another live recording of the two Brahms piano concertos, released in 2010, was
made together with the Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta. In 2011 Rudolf
Buchbinder’s performances as pianist and conductor in Beethoven’s five piano
concertos at Vienna’s Musikverein together with the Vienna Philharmonic were
released on DVD and Blu-ray. These recordings were released on CD by Sony
Classical in October 2013. Rudolf Buchbinder presented a live recording of
Mozart concertos with Concentus Musicus Wien and Nikolaus Harnoncourt in 2012.
In 2013 Sony Classical released his latest solo album featuring works by Franz
Schubert. The interpretation of the “new testament” of the piano repertoire
has developed into a core interest for Rudolf Buchbinder. He continues to set
standards with his performances of the complete 32 sonatas by Ludwig van
Beethoven in more than 40 cities, among them Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Zurich, ST.
Petersburg, Buenos Aires, Beijing and Milan. Throughout the 2010–2011 season
he maintained a particularly close cooperation with the Staatskapelle Dresden as
the orchestra’s first Artist in Residence. His cycle of all Beethoven piano
sonatas at the Semperoper in Dresden was recorded live and released in May 2011
as a CD box by Sony/RCA Red Seal. In 2012 it won the prestigious Echo Klassik
award in the category “Instrumentalist of the year” and the Choc de l'année
2012. Rudolf Buchbinder is the founding artistic director of the Grafenegg
Festival which has quickly gained its rank among the major orchestra festivals
in Europe since its foundation in 2007. In his biography Da Capo (which includes
an introduction by German music critic Joachim Kaiser) Rudolf Buchbinder offers
insights into his life as one of today’s most distinguished pianists.
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