Alfred Brendel
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1931-01-05 ) 5 January 1931, Vizmberk , Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 17 June 2025 (2025-06-17) (aged 94), London , England
- Education
- Graz Conservatory
- Occupations
- Pianist composer writer
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts Léonie Sonning Music Prize Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
- Website
- alfredbrendel .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Family name
- Brendel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Student of
- Eduard Steuermann
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.alfredbrendel.com
- Image
- Alfredbrendel-cropped.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- Commons category
- Alfred Brendel
- date of birth
- 1931-01-05
- name in native language
- Alfred Brendel
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- end of work period
- 2008-00-00
- student
- Etsuko Hirose
- date of death
- 2025-06-17
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfred Brendel (5 January 1931 – 17 June 2025) was a Czech-born Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer and lecturer, based in London. He is noted for his performances of music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, and Franz Liszt. He made three recordings of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas and was the first pianist to record Beethoven's complete works for solo piano.
Life and career
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