Kate Buchdahl

Kate Buchdahl (born 30 September, 1964) was a classically trained, Australian-born, violinist.

Kate (full name Catriona Alexis) grew up in Canberra and attended the AME School upon its inception in 1972. She later graduated from the Canberra School of Music (now the ANU School of Music) and went on to attend the Juilliard School in New York 1983-87. She then studied with Sandor Vegh at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and with Valeri Klimov in Saarbrücken. Kate toured internationally as a member of the Camerata Accademica, conducted by Sandor Vegh.

Kate is the sister of Tanya Buchdahl, wife of the late conductor Georg Tintner, and of Dr Nicholas Buchdahl, Associate Professor of Pure Mathematics at University of Adelaide. Her father is Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Australian National University, Hans Buchdahl [ [http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/exhib/omp/people/buchdahl.htm Optical Munitions Exhibition - Scientists: H.A. Buchdahl ] ]

Kate died from Hodgkin's disease on 10 December 1992.

The Australian National University now awards a scholarship, [http://www.anu.edu.au/ITA/handbook/CSM/info/awards.html The Kate Buchdahl Memorial Prize for Violin or Viola] , to promising musicians completing their studies at the ANU School of Music

References

A photo of Kate Buchdahl, at age 12, can be found here [http://www.basis.act.gov.au/DUSLibrary/ImagesACT.nsf/3506a89b45287c52ca256abc000c49a8/6404b8b313e2f6344a256cc800823bd5!OpenDocument]