Mr Brendel’s life’s work should be celebrated and respected while he’s still with us. ... "Yes, I am still Austrian by nationality and passport." Brendel completed many tours in Europe, the United States, South America, Japan and Australia. Renowned for his masterly interpretations of the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Liszt, he is one of the indisputable authorities in musical life today. Maurizio Pollini ... and even we believe that she is the greatest and a fabled alive pianist today. Since the 1970s, Brendel has recorded for Philips Classics Records. But at 50, Alfred Brendel comes to this week's concerts at Carnegie Hall and the 92d Street Y with an ascendant and unquestioned place in the music world. This month, in honor of his 89th birthday (born January 5, 1931), we have selected Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel. Alfred Brendel’s place among the greatest musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is assured. Alfred Brendel: The Thinking Pianist’s Man. Frances Wilson, October 2018 Posted in General and tagged as Alfred Brendel , Great pianists of our time , great pianists of the 20th century , International Piano magazine . There Alfred and Irene, his second wife, have raised their three children Katharina, 24, Sophie, 29 and Adrian, 30, a cellist. Although he was known primarily for his interpretations of Ludwig van Beethoven’s works, his repertoire also featured such composers as Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Alfred Brendel (Austria, 1931) Thursday 10 October 2002. Alfred Brendel at his home in Hampstead, north London, September 2010. ‘The same brilliant fingers … Alfred Brendel KBE (born 5 January 1931) is an Austrian pianist, poet, ... London, where he still resides. 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. Alfred Brendel's place among the greatest musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is assured. Alfred Brendel is a pianist, renowned for his interpretations of Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Liszt, made his debut as a poet at the age of sixty-seven with the collection Fingerzeig (1996). Alfred Brendel. Alfred Brendel, renowned Austrian pianist whose recordings and international concert appearances secured his reputation. Alfred Brendel’s place among the greatest musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is assured.