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Listen to Für Elise, WoO 59 by Rudolf Buchbinder, see lyrics, music video & more!

Für Elise, WoO 59Rudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960, Op. posth.: II. Andante sostenuto by Rudolf Buchbinder, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960, Op. posth.: II. Andante sostenutoRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 "Sonata Quasi una fantasia": I. Andante by Rudolf Buchbinder, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1 "Sonata Quasi una fantasia": I. AndanteRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight" : I. Adagio sostenuto by Rudolf Buchbinder, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight" : I. Adagio sostenutoRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Piano Sonata No. 4 in G Major, Hob. XVI, G1: I Allegro by Rudolf Buchbinder, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Sonata No. 4 in G Major, Hob. XVI, G1: I AllegroRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to 6 Lieder, Op. 85: No. 6, In Waldeinsamkeit (Arr. Reger for Piano) by Rudolf Buchbinder, see lyrics, music video & more!

6 Lieder, Op. 85: No. 6, In Waldeinsamkeit (Arr. Reger for Piano)Rudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique": II. Adagio cantabile by Rudolf Buchbinder, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique": II. Adagio cantabileRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO. 59, "Für Elise" by Rudolf Buchbinder, see lyrics, music video & more!

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO. 59, "Für Elise"Rudolf Buchbinder

Listen to 4 Impromptus, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major by Rudolf Buchbinder, see lyrics, music video & more!

4 Impromptus, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat MajorRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Diabelli by Rudolf Buchbinder, see lyrics, music video & more!

DiabelliRudolf Buchbinder

Upcoming Concerts for Rudolf Buchbinder

Rudolf Buchbinder currently has 3 upcoming concerts; the next one is scheduled for Sunday, September 14, 2025 at Teatro Alla Scala in Milan, LOMB, Italy.

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Listen to A Piano Ballad by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMA Piano BalladRudolf Buchbinder

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Listen to Beethoven: Piano Variations by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano VariationsRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Brahms – Reger: Song Transcriptions by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMBrahms – Reger: Song TranscriptionsRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Beethoven The Essential Piano Sonatas by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMBeethoven The Essential Piano SonatasRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Beethoven - Diabelli Variations; Sonatas by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMBeethoven - Diabelli Variations; SonatasRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Soirée de Vienne by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMSoirée de VienneRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28 & 45 by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMChopin: Preludes, Op. 28 & 45Rudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Buchbinder plays Beethoven by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMBuchbinder plays BeethovenRudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 by Rudolf Buchbinder, Gewandhausorchester & Andris Nelsons

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15Rudolf Buchbinder, Gewandhausorchester & Andris Nelsons

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 by Rudolf Buchbinder, Münchener Philharmoniker & Valery Gergiev

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37Rudolf Buchbinder, Münchener Philharmoniker & Valery Gergiev

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 by Rudolf Buchbinder, Staatskapelle Dresden & Christian Thielemann

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58Rudolf Buchbinder, Staatskapelle Dresden & Christian Thielemann

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 "Emperor" by Rudolf Buchbinder, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 "Emperor"Rudolf Buchbinder, Vienna Philharmonic & Riccardo Muti

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1–6 by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1–6Rudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7–12 by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7–12Rudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 13–19 by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 13–19Rudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 20–26 by Rudolf Buchbinder

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Listen to Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 27–32 by Rudolf Buchbinder

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 27–32Rudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15; 6 Piano Variations in F Major, Op. 34 by Rudolf Buchbinder, Berlin Philharmonic & Christian Thielemann

ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15; 6 Piano Variations in F Major, Op. 34Rudolf Buchbinder, Berlin Philharmonic & Christian Thielemann

Listen to The Diabelli Project by Rudolf Buchbinder

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Listen to Brahms: The Piano Concertos by Rudolf Buchbinder

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Listen to Mozart: Piano Concertos, K. 466 & 467 by Rudolf Buchbinder

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ALBUMFriedhelm Dohl Edition, Vol. 6Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heinrich Schiff, Hans Zender, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Buchbinder, Horst Stein, Klaus Martin Ziegler, Robert Spillman, Jolyon Brettingham Smith, RIAS Big Band & Harald Boje

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ALBUMBeethoven: 9 Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63Rudolf Buchbinder

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Listen to Beethoven: 10 Variations on Salieri's "La stessa, la stessissima", WoO 73 by Rudolf Buchbinder

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ALBUMBeethoven: 12 Variations on Haibel's "Menuet à la Viganò", WoO 68Rudolf Buchbinder

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ALBUMBeethoven: 13 Variations on Dittersdorf's "Es war einmal ein alter Mann", WoO 66Rudolf Buchbinder

Listen to Beethoven: 24 Variations on Righini's Arietta "Venni amore", WoO 65 by Rudolf Buchbinder

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About Rudolf Buchbinder

Hometown

Litoměřice, Czech Republic

Born

1946

Genre

Classical

Pianist Rudolf Buchbinder is an important specialist in core Austro-Germanic repertory, bringing precision and taste to music from Haydn to Brahms. He was a pioneering champion of Haydn's keyboard music, recording that composer's complete piano sonatas in the 1970s. Over the next several decades, Buchbinder appeared across Europe, the U.S., and Japan, frequently touring with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and becoming a specialist in core Viennese repertory. In 2007, Buchbinder became the artistic director of Austria's Grafenegg Festival and was featured in the documentary Pianomania (2009). In 2022, Buchbinder released an album featuring Chopin's complete Preludes and the recital Soirée de Vienne. He returned in 2024 with an album of Max Reger's piano transcriptions of Brahms songs. By that time, his recording catalog numbered some 100 releases during the digital era, plus many LPs.