Sara Davis Buechner
Sara Davis Buechner (born David Buechner, 1959)[1] is an American concert pianist and educator. She has been an assistant professor of piano at the University of British Columbia since 2003,[2] and was formerly a member of the faculties of Manhattan School of Music and New York University.[3]
Buechner received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Juilliard School, studying with celebrated Czech pianist Rudolf Firkusny and received her doctorate in music from the Manhattan School of Music.[4]
She underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1998.[4] She dislikes the term "transsexual", and is said to be "mildly peeved" about being referred to as such, stating that living as a woman was the only honest way to live her life.[5]
She has performed with many different orchestras with an active repertoire of almost 100 concertos, and has given master classes at locations across the world.[6]
Ms. Buechner is a Yamaha Artist.
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[edit] Discography
- Mujeres Espanolas - Piano Works of Joaquin Turina (1992)
- The American Flute (1993) (with flutist Robert Stallman)
- Henry Martin: Preludes and Fugues (1990-92) (1994)
- Mozart: Piano Sonatas (1995)
- The Paradine Case - Hollywood Piano Concertos (1995)
- Bach-Busoni "Goldberg" Variations (1997)
- Miklos Rozsa: Complete Works For Solo Piano (1999)
- Stephen Foster: Complete Piano Works (2002)
- Rudolf Friml: Piano Music (2003)
- Bygone Days - Music for Violin and Piano by Rudolf Friml (2006) (with violinist Stephanie Chase)
- George Gershwin - Original Works and Transcriptions for Solo Piano (2005)
- Nineteen Rags Of Joseph Lamb
- Variations And Other Works of Brahms And Dvorak
- Works of Busoni and Stravinsky
- Gershwin: Second Rhapsody/Addinsell: "Warsaw" Concerto
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 23
[edit] Awards
Buechner was a prizewinner for piano at the 1983 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition.[7] She was awarded the Gold Medal at the 1984 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, and won a Bronze Medal[4] in the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Allmusic: David Buechner > overview", retrieved February 25, 2007.
- ^ "Sara Davis Buechner - About Sara", retrieved February 25, 2007.
- ^ a b "Sara Davis Buechner - US Pianist", retrieved February 25, 2007.
- ^ a b c Minderovic, Z. "Sara Davis Buechner Biography", retrieved March 15, 2007.
- ^ Alexander Varty, "Beyond the standards", Georgia Straight, August 2, 2007.
- ^ "Sara Davis Buechner - Concerto Repertoire", retrieved February 25, 2007.
- ^ "Queen Elisabeth music competition, David (Sarah Davis) Buechner", retrieved February 25, 2007.
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