Sara Davis Buechner
I dont know of anyone today or in recent times in past that had a larger active repertoire than Sara Davis Buechner Sara Davis Buechner’s concerto repertory is the widest of any major pianist appearing before the public today. In concert, she has performed over 100 different works for piano and orchestra.
Then how come I've never heard of her?
becuase you need to get out more/get more exposure, ive known about her for years and years
I have a very large amount of exposure, which is why I'm surprised I have not heard of her. I've searched for her on youtube and I don't see many recordings of her either. More than likely I HAVE heard her or seen her before but forgotten about it (I have youtube comments going back for many years on videos I thought I was watching for the first time).
Pianists like Argerich, Barenboim, Zimmerman, what are the size of their repertoire? How fast can they learn a new piece? How many compositions have they studied for all these years?I read somewhere that Arthur Rubinstein memorized some 80 piano concertos, Yuja Wang has around 20 piano concertos in her repertoire, and Valentina Lisitsa memorizing in 3 days what her peers did with 3 months, these feats to me, are quiet unbelievable.I think Vladimir Ashkenazy recorded more music than any other pianist, ranging from Chopin's complete solo piano works, to all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, to Rachmaninoff's Complete (including 5 rach concertos)Piano Works!!! How in the world Ashkenazy manages this is beyond me, Does he memorize all this? or does he sight-read a majority of his recordings?