Artist description MP3.COM WELCOMES A CLASSICAL MUSIC SUPERSTAR! Pianist, conductor, teacher, scholar, author and composer PAUL BADURA-SKODA is a legendary artist who has been heard in all of the world's greatest concert halls and for years was the pianist who had the largest number of recordings available in the market. In 1945, Mr. Badura-Skoda entered the Vienna Conservatory and two years later won first prize in the Austrian Music Competition and a scholarship, which allowed him to study with Edwin Fischer. These years laid the foundation for his artistic future. In 1949, Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan became aware of his outstanding talent and invited him to perform. Practically overnight, the young Viennese pianist became a world-famous artist.Since then, Mr. Badura-Skoda has been a regular and celebrated guest at the most important music festivals and a soloist with the world's most prestigious orchestras. In addition to Furtwängler and von Karajan, he has collaborated with such renowned conductors as George Szell, Karl Böhm, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Georg Solti, and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Paul Badura-Skoda has recorded a vast repertoire-more than 200 LP's and dozens of CDs including the complete cycles of piano sonatas of Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. He performs with equal authority on both period and modern instruments. He was a pioneer in proposing the use of period pianos in performance and his profound knowledge of instruments from Bach's and Mozart's time up to the present has given him the capacity to extract from modern instruments a quality of sound which never fails to amaze audiences and critics alike.

Music Style Classical

Location Vienna - Austria

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