Kate Buchdahl (30 September 1964 – 10 December 1992) was a classically trained Australian violinist. Kate Buchdahl Tokyo - Copy

Catriona Alexis Buchdahl grew up in

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. Her father was Emeritus Professor Hans Buchdahl, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the

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, Her siblings were Tanya Buchdahl, who married the conductor

Georg Tintner Georg Tintner, (22 May 19172 October 1999) was an Austrian conductor whose career was principally in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Although best known as a conductor, he was also a composer (he considered himself a composer who conducted ...

, and Dr Nicholas Buchdahl, Associate Professor of Pure Mathematics at

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. She attended the

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upon its inception in 1972. She later graduated from the

Canberra School of Music The ANU School of Music is a school in the Research School of Humanities and the Arts, which forms part of the College of Arts and Social Sciences of the Australian National University. It consists of four buildings, including the main School of ...

(now the ANU School of Music) and went on to attend the

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in New York 1983–87. She then studied with

Sándor Végh Sándor Végh (17 May 19127 January 1997) was a Hungarian, later French, violinist and conductor. He was best known as one of the great chamber music violinists of the twentieth century. Education Sándor Végh was born in 1912 in Kolozsvár, ...

at the

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in Salzburg, and with Valeri Klimov in Saarbrücken. Kate toured internationally as a member of the Camerata Accademica, conducted by Sándor Végh. She died from

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on 10 December 1992. The Australian National University now awards a scholarship, The Kate Buchdahl Memorial Prize,Kate Buchdahl Memorial Prize
to promising musicians completing their studies at the

ANU School of Music The ANU School of Music is a school in the Research School of Humanities and the Arts, which forms part of the College of Arts and Social Sciences of the Australian National University. It consists of four buildings, including the main School of ...

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A photo of Kate Buchdahl, at age 12, can be found a

1964 births 1992 deaths Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni 20th-century Australian classical violinists Australian women classical violinists 20th-century Australian women musicians {{australia-musician-stub