Pianist Alfred Brendel died on Tuesday, June 17, at the age of 94, in his home in London, the city where he had been living for more than half a century.
Alfred Brendel died at the age of 94. Photo: x / @deccaCacsics
Famous especially for his interpretations in Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart, Brendel “He died reconciled and surrounded by his family,” According to his spokesman, quoted by AFP and taken over by Agerpres.
Born in 1931 in Wiesenberg-a locality today in the Czech Republic-and raised in Graz, Austria, Alfred Brendel has patiently built his career, becoming known only in the early 1970s, after a successful concert in London. Chose to settle in the British capital.
“I had come here from Vienna, because I wanted to live in a great cosmopolitan city. At that time, Vienna seemed provincial, despite her orchestra, of her work,” he revealed in an interview with France Musique recently.
Mostly self -taught, Alfred Brendel has become one of the most respected figures of classical music. In 2004, he was distinguished with the Ernst von Siemens award, considered the equivalent of the Nobel in classical music.
On stage, he was sometimes accompanied by his son, Adrien, cellist. In 2008, after a last concert at the prestigious Musikverein in Vienna, he officially withdrew from the activity, but continued to hold conferences and masterclasses, sharing his passion for music to younger generations.
In addition to his career as a pianist, Brendel was also a writer, publishing essays and poems. Alfred Brendel had four children and four grandchildren.
Homage messages have not been late to appear. Royal Philharmonic Society described on the right X network “A giant of music, with a touch of the flaps of great tenderness.”
Cellist Steven Isserlis transmitted that Brendel “He was a model of civilization, a deeply cultivated man, passionate about music, who shared this love for music without making any compromise, neither artistic nor personal.”
