After decades of work on Beethovens original scores the Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder
offers a definitive interpretation of all Beethovens piano concertos in this series of live
recordings of his ecstatically acclaimed performances in the Musikverein Vienna from May 2011.
Buchbinder conducts the Vienna Philharmonic from the keyboard and achieves a rare degree of
tension and chamber-like concentration. Rudolf Buchbinder is firmly established as one of the
most important pianists on the international scene he is a regular guest of renowned
orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic Vienna Philharmonic New York Philharmonic
Orchestre National de France London Philharmonic National Symphony and the Philadelphia
Orchestra. He also has over 100 recordings to his credit. In December 2011 Rudolf Buchbinder
celebrated his 65th birthday.