Paul Badura-Skoda
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Paul Badura-Skoda (born 6 October 1927, in Vienna) is an Austrian pianist.
He won first prize in the Austrian Music Competition in 1947. In 1949, he performed with distinguished conductors like Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan. He has specialized in works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, but has an extensive repertoire, and has made numerous recordings, including more than 200 LPs. Together with his wife Eva Badura-Skoda, he has also produced musical scholarship of impressive quality. 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).
[edit] External links
- Paul Badura-Skoda's Homepage. The information above is largely adapted from the biography given on this homepage.
- CDs of Badura-Skoda released by label GENUIN
- Hear Paul Badura-Skoda in concert from WGBH Radio Boston
- Interview with Paul Badura-Skoda by Bruce Duffie, March 7, 1989
- Birthday Congratulations
See also: Škoda
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