Sara Davis Buechner
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Sara Davis Buechner is an American
concert pianist and educator. She has been an assistant professor of piano at the University of British Columbia
since 2003, and was formerly a member of the faculties of Manhattan School of Music
and New York University
.
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.
She underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1998. 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.
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.
Ms. Buechner is a Yamaha Artist
.
. She was awarded the Gold Medal at the 1984 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition
, and won a Bronze Medal in the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition
.
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concert pianist and educator. She has been an assistant professor of piano at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
since 2003, and was formerly a member of the faculties of Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
and New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.
Buechner received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
, studying with celebrated Czech pianist Rudolf Firkusny
Rudolf Firkusny
- Life :Born in Moravian Napajedla, Firkušný started his musical studies with the composers Leoš Janáček and Josef Suk, and the pianist Vilém Kurz. Later he studied with Alfred Cortot and Artur Schnabel. He began performing on the continent of Europe in the 1920s, and made his debuts in London in...
and received her doctorate in music from the Manhattan School of Music.
She underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1998. 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.
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.
Ms. Buechner is a Yamaha Artist
Yamaha Artist
The term Yamaha Artist refers to musical instrumentalists who choose, officially, to play any of a large group of Yamaha musical instruments....
.
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 ChaseStephanie Chase"One of the most respected classical violinists in the world," Stephanie Chase is an American concert violinist and educator.- Biography :...
) - 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
- Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 23
Awards
Buechner was a prizewinner for piano at the 1983 Queen Elisabeth Music CompetitionQueen Elisabeth Music Competition
The Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, a founding member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions has been, since its foundation, considered the world over to be one of the most prestigious and most difficult. It is devoted to violin , piano , to composition and to singing...
. She was awarded the Gold Medal at the 1984 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition
Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition
The Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and is the second largest piano competition in the United States....
, and won a Bronze Medal in the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition
International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow, Russia for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 30 years of age, and singers between 19 and 32 years of age...
.