Alfred Brendel is considered one of the greatest living classical pianists. In 2008, after performing for sixty years, he retired from the concert stage. (Alex Ross wrote about Brendel’s farewell ...

LONDON (AP) — Alfred Brendel, a pianist and poet renowned for his refined playing of Beethoven over a six-decade career, died Tuesday at his home in London. He was 94. Brendel's death was announced by ...

Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of... Alfred Brendel, the cerebral pianist with a dry ...

Self-taught pianist Alfred Brendel, who was widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, was himself baffled by his success on the world stage. “I’m completely at a loss to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alfred Brendel, a Czech-born, Austrian-raised pianist celebrated around the world for the gravity and thoughtfulness he brought to ...

Bewilderment is stamped on the famous wrinkled brow of Alfred Brendel KBE when he opens his north London front door. "Have you come with the luggage?" My bags and umbrella may constitute baggage, but ...

As Alfred Brendel turns his attention from concert-giving to inspiring the prodigious young pianist Kit Armstrong, it's worth reminding ourselves why Brendel's own playing has been so influential for ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Brendel, who died on Tuesday at 94, concentrated on a small number of canonical composers, mainly Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. By Zachary ...

Alfred Brendel, revered globally as one of the greatest classical pianists of the 20th century, has died at the age of 94. He passed away peacefully in London on Tuesday, surrounded by his family.

There used to be two things that concert pianists feared most. One, a memory lapse in the middle of a performance. Two, finding out that Alfred Brendel had played their piano the night before. To the ...