Alfred Brendel: Born in Wiesenberg, Moravia (in the present-day Czech Republic), on 5 January 1931, Alfred Brendel hails from a diverse background -- both artistically and personally -- with family roots

Alfred Brendel: At the age of three, his family moved to Yugoslavia and it was there that he heard his first phonograph records, which he played for guests of his father's hotel (sometimes even singing

Alfred Brendel reviews "If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or

Alfred Brendel recordings   Brendel's discography is now among the most extensive of any pianist, reflecting a repertoire of solo and orchestral works that ranges from Bach and Haydn to Weber to