Paul Badura-Skoda has been played on NTS shows including Supporter Radio: Your Specialist Subject, with Sonate G-Dur D. 894 first played on 2 January 2025.

Paul Badura-Skoda (Vienna, Austria, 6 October 1927 – 25 September 2019) was an Austrian pianist.

A student of Edwin Fischer, Badura-Skoda first rose to prominence by winning first prize in the Austrian Music Competition in 1947. In 1949, he performed with distinguished conductors including Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan; over his long career, he has recorded with conductors including Hans Knappertsbusch, Hermann Scherchen, and George Szell. Along with his contemporaries Friedrich Gulda and Jörg Demus, he was part of the…