Background
Buchbinder, Rudolf was born on December 1, 1946 in Leitmeritz, Austria.
Buchbinder, Rudolf was born on December 1, 1946 in Leitmeritz, Austria.
Buchbinder studied with Bruno Seidlhofer at the Vienna Academy of Music.
In 1965 he made a tour of North and South America. Subsequently he has toured with the Vienna Philharmonic and appeared as soloist around the world. He has also taught piano at the Basel Academy of Music.
For the Teldec label he has recorded the complete keyboard music of Joseph Haydn, all the Beethoven piano sonatas and variations, and both Brahms piano concertos with Harnoncourt and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. With János Starker, he recorded memorable performances of works for cello and piano by Beethoven and Brahms. He has twice recorded the Beethoven Piano Concertos conducting from the keyboard, first with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra for the Preiser label in 2007, and then with the Vienna Philharmonic for the Sony label in 2011.
This cycle was recorded live in concert and released on both CD and DVD. He is probably the only person to have ever recorded the entire Part II of Vaterländischer Künstlerverein, which consists of 50 variations by 50 different composers on a waltz by Anton Diabelli. He has also recorded Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, which originally comprised Part I of that anthology. In 2009, Buchbinder was featured in the award-winning German-Austrian documentary Pianomania, about a Steinway & Sons piano tuner, which was directed by Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis.
The film premiered theatrically in North America, where it was met with positive reviews by The New York Times, as well as in Asia and throughout Europe, and is a part of the Goethe-Institut catalogue. 1961: First Prize at the International Competition in Munich, division "Piano Trio".
1961: First Prize at the International Competition in Munich, division "Piano Trio" 1970: Mozart Interpretation Prize of the Austrian Minister for Education and the Arts 1977: Grand Prix du Disque for the entire piano works of Joseph Haydn 1989: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art 1992 Honorary Member of the Vienna Symphony 1994: Honorary Member of the Carinthian Summer 1995: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class 1996: Great Merit of the Province of Salzburg 1996: Grand Gold Decoration of Carinthia 1996: Bruckner Ring of the Vienna Konzerthaus 1996: Gold Medal for services to the City of Vienna 1999: Grand Gold Decoration of Lower Austria 2003: Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria 2004: Gold Medal of Salzburg 2007: Gold Medal of the Austrian capital Vienna 2008: Honorary Member of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna 2010: Tourism Award of the State of Lower Austria for his work in music tourism in Grafenegg 2011: Gloria Artis, Medal for Merit to Culture 2012: Echo Klassik in German music award as Instrumentalist of the Year (piano) and the album Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy issued by RCA Red Seal/Sony.
1992 Honorary Member of the Vienna Symphony
1994: Honorary Member of the Carinthian Summer
2008: Honorary Member of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna.
Married Agnes Rado, December 30, 1965. Children: Susan, Michael.
