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 ...

Alfred Brendel, the internationally renowned pianist whose name is associated with profound interpretations of the works of Beethoven, Schubert and other classical masters, died in London on June 17 ...

Alfred Brendel's Tuesday night piano recital at the Kennedy Center was one of the great events of the season. Brendel, now 75, has always been an artist of the highest seriousness -- it is hard to ...

Long after most of my grandmother’s memories had faded, she would occasionally sit down at the piano bench, pull a yellowing score from a nearby shelf, and begin to play. Mendelssohn’s “Songs Without ...

British musician Alfred Brendel poses with his Classical Music Award for 'Retirement Concerts', in the media room at the South Bank Awards held at a central London hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP ...

Alfred Brendel, a classical pianist and writer renowned for his refined playing of Beethoven and Schubert, died Tuesday at his home in London. He was 94. Born on 5 January 1931 in Moravia, now the ...

Brendel's death was announced by the public relations agency Bolton & Quinn. Born in what is now the Czech Republic, Brendel gave his first recital in Graz, Austria, in 1948 at age 17. His final ...