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- Renowned for his masterly interpretations of the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Liszt, he is one of the indisputable authorities in musical life today and one of the very few living pianists whose name alone guaranteed a sell-out anywhere in the world he chooses to play.
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And then when the Rondo begins, with a beautiful piano obbligato by Alfred Brendel, how meaningful and moving becomes the graceful, limpid tune. So it goes throughout: perhaps ‘Vado, ma dove?’ is the most completely realised Mozart in her repertory.’
Alfred Brendel (born 5 January 1931) is a Czech-born Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is noted for his performances of Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. [1]
Julian Haylock meets the pianist, author and composer Alfred Brendel, who looks back over his long career in a wide-ranging interview about the music he loves most – and why
Alfred Brendel: The Thinking Pianist’s Man. Retired at Eighty-Five, and Still a Mire of Complexities By Daniel Felsenfeld “WHY SHOULD A musician with an active and absorbing career bother to write about matters of his trade?” writes Alfred Brendel in the preface to his essay collection Brendel on Music.
Jan 5, 2021 · Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel today turns 90 years old. He retired from the concert platform back in 2008. Brendel's career has spanned decades, and most notably took off in the 60s when he became the first pianist ever to record the entire piano works of Beethoven.
May 13, 2021 · As for one of his greatest works, the Diabelli Variations, something has happened that was long overdue: They have, during the last decade, become part of the concert repertoire, admired by pianists and listeners alike. A stunning development has occurred in the field of female performers.
Feb 7, 2020 · The celebrated pianist Alfred Brendel first understood the importance of nonsense when his mother sang him a 1920s Dadaist cabaret tune about stabbing a man with an eyelash.
