of Honour for Science and Art 1992: Honorary Member of the Vienna Symphony 1994: Honorary Member of the Carinthian Summer 1995: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class 1996: Great Merit of the Province of Salzburg 1996: Grand Gold Decoration of Carinthia 1996: of the Vienna Symphony 1996: Gold Medal for services to the City of Vienna 1999: Grand Gold Decoration of Lower Austria 2003: Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria 2004: Gold Medal of Salzburg 2007: Gold Medal of the Austrian capital Vienna 2008: Honorary Member of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna 2010: Tourism Award of the State of Lower Austria for his work in music tourism in Grafenegg 2011: Gloria Artis, Medal for Merit to Culture 2012: Echo Klassik in German music award as Instrumentalist of the Year (piano) and the album Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy issued by RCA Red Seal/Sony 2016: Honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic 2017: Vienna Mozart Prize References Sources External links Biography from IMG Artists Hear Rudolf Buchbinder in concert from WGBH Radio Boston Piano Genealogy on Pianists Corner Piano Playlist on Pianists Corner 1946 births University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni Living people People from Litoměřice Austrian classical pianists Male classical pianists German Bohemian people Deutsche Grammophon artists Austrian people of German Bohemian descent Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis Members of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century male musicians