Paul bandura skoda biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders.
His teacher was Edwin Fischer; his discoverer Wilhelm Furtwängler.
Paul bandura skoda biography for kids
His composer friend, Frank Martin, composed a piano concerto for him and he shared a long professional friendship with the great Russian violinist David Oistrach.
Paul Badura-Skoda has long been a symbol of the cultivation of Viennese classical music.
The holder of the prestigious Bösendorfer-Ring, he is a celebrated guest at major international music festivals. Earlier in his life Badura-Skoda collaborated with such renowned conductors as Hans Knappertsbusch, Herbert von Karajan, Georges Szell and Karl Böhm.
He has also worked with Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Georg Solti and John Eliot Gardiner, to name but a few.
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His recordings number well beyond the two hundred mark (LP's and CD's) including the complete cycles of the piano sonatas of Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven. He recorded these cycles on original instruments from his own collection.
Badura-Skoda performs with equal authority on