He received early lessons from August Hyllested, Wilhelm Middelschulte and Margaret Cameron, who had studied with the legendary Teodor Leszetycki.

Upon completing his studies in 1900, he gave his first public concert in 1901 in Berlin, and toured extensively in Europe until late 1906.

[1] In 1907, Buhlig made his first mature American debut, with the Philadelphia Orchestra in New York City.

Some years later, he returned to the US and settled in Los Angeles, dividing his time between teaching and performing.

11 and performed pieces by other European modernists such as Ferruccio Busoni, Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály and Claude Debussy.