Paul Badura-Skoda

Background

Badura-Skoda, Paul was born on October 6, 1927 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Ludwig and Margarethe (Winter) Badura.

Education

Private piano lessons with, Viola Thern private piano lessons with, Conservatory of Vienna, 1945-1948; summer classes with, Edwin Fischer, Lucern, Switzerland, 1948, 1950, 51, 54.

Career

Mass in Doctorate, Cadenzas to Piano and Violin Concertos by Mozart and Haydn, completion of 5 unfinished Piano Sonatas by Schubert 1976, and of unfinished Larghetto and Allegro for 2 Pianos bv Mozart, Elegy for Piano 1980, Sonatine Romantique for Violin and Piano 1980.A student of Edwin Fischer, Badura-Skoda first rose to prominence by winning first prize in the Austrian Music Competition in 1947. In 1949, he performed with distinguished conductors like Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan. Over his long career, he has recorded with conductors like Hans Knappertsbusch, Hermann Scherchen, and Georg Szell.

Along with his contemporaries Friedrich Gulda and Jörg Demus, he was part of the so-called "Viennese Troika".

He is best known for his performances of works by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, but has an extensive repertoire including many works of Chopin and Ravel. Badura-Skoda is well known for his performances on historical instruments, and owns several (his recording of the complete piano sonatas of Schubert is on five instruments from his private collection).

A prolific recording artist, Badura-Skoda"s over 200 records include many "duplicates" made to highlight the sound of different pianos: in a 2013 record, he recorded Schubert"s last sonata three times on instruments from the 1820s, 1920s, and early 2000s (having already recorded the piece several times before). His box set of the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven similarly includes three different versions of the "Hammerklavier" Sonata.

Indeed, he is the only pianist to have not only recorded the complete piano sonatas of Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert, but to have done so on both historic and modern instruments.

His frequent collaborations with Demus include several duet recordings and performances, and a book on the interpretation of Beethoven"s piano sonatas. Badura-Skoda also collaborated with Frank Martin, producing editions and recordings of his music, and several articles on lieutenant The Badura-Skodas edited one of the volumes of Mozart"s piano concertos for the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (Serie V/Werkgruppe 15/Band 5, consisting of K 453, 456, and 459).

They also produced books on the interpretation of the piano music of Mozart and the keyboard music of Bach, which have been translated into several languages.

Achievements

• Paul Badura-Skoda has been listed as a noteworthy Pianist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Interpreting Mozart on the Keyboard

    (Paul Badura-Skoda, one of the leading interpreters of pia...)

  • Mozart-Interpretation

    (GERMAN LANGUAGE book on Mozart, by the recognized authors...)

  • Interpreting Mozart on the Keyboard

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  • Interpreting Mozart on the Keyboard
  • Interpreting Mozart on the Keyboard
  • Interpreting Mozart on the Keyboard

Interests

• Chess.

Connections

Married Eva L. Halfar, September 19,1951. Children— Ludwig, Maria Christina, Elisabeth, Michael.

Father:

Ludwig Badura

Mother:

Margarete Badura (nee Winter)

Spouse:

Eva Badura-Skoda