Rudolf Buchbinder
The Viennese pianist Rudolf Buchbinder is firmly established as one of the world's foremost musicians. He frequently performs in concert with major orchestras and conductors around the world. His comprehensive repertoire encompasses music from Bach to the present day and can be heard in over 100 recordings, many of them award-winning. His interpretations of works by Beethoven are considered benchmarks. He has furthered the interpretative history of the 32 Beethoven sonatas through repeated performances of the entire cycle over a number of decades.

He has already performed the complete Beethoven sonatas in over 45 cities, including Vienna, Berlin, Beijing, Buenos Aires, St Petersburg, Milan, Munich, Dresden, Istanbul and Zurich. In 2014 he performed the complete Beethoven sonatas over a course of seven evenings at the Salzburg Festival, the first pianist in the history of the Festival to do so. Planning for the 50th sonata cycle is already in progress. Buchbinder's interpretations are based on the meticulous study of original sources and he has a passion for collecting historical scores.

Since 2007 Rudolf Buchbinder has been artistic director of the Grafenegg Festival, which has become one of the leading orchestral festivals in Europe under his leadership.