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Andrew Clements, Guardian’s classical music critic, dies aged 75
12 Jan 2026 00:05 GMT
… the editor from the late Alfred Brendel, who argued for Clements … by musical managements. Solo piano music was also one of Clements … musician Radu Lupu: “no pianist I have heard in more … : “Andrew Clements wrote about classical music with the utmost passion and …
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Simon Rattle’s all-star tribute to Alfred Brendel was unforgettable
06 Jan 2026 14:20 GMT
Alfred Brendel — pianist, poet, painter, philosopher … a half hours of music-making. It encompassed tenderness … Imogen Cooper’s graceful piano playing. Elegant Mozart also … Brendel detested.
• Alfred Brendel obituary: legendary pianist with an anarchic spirit …
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Alfred Brendel: A Musical Celebration — exceptional talent on parade
06 Jan 2026 17:07 GMT
On the plus side, it did allow us to hear the likes of Lisa Batiashvili in the Andante of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No, 4, Lucy Crowe in the same composer’s concert aria Ch’io mi scordi di te? with Imogen Cooper at the keyboard, and the Takács Quartet in a …
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Virtuosos to video games: The top classical music and jazz stories of 2025
25 Dec 2025 21:19 GMT
… music lovers.
We celebrated the beloved instrument in the Classic 100: Piano … of piano music for the left hand alone.
Great classical artists … who died in 2025
Pianist Alfred Brendel in his last ever … .
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Remembering Alfred Brendel, with his son Adrian Brendel
13 Dec 2025 13:05 GMT
… Gramophone Podcast we remember Alfred Brendel, one of the most … Editor Martin Cullingford around the pianist's library and … for a remarkable evening of music, to celebrate his life … Classics for permission to use all the musical excerpts from Alfred Brendel …
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‘My piano is a tyrant’ — why one of Britain’s greatest musicians is retiring
04 Jan 2026 03:46 GMT
… She gestures towards the grand piano. “That thing is a tyrant … ’s musical circles.
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“At … , when she met the great Alfred Brendel and he agreed to take … the only pianist to win the Queen’s Medal for Music, and …
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Beginnings and Endings: From Einstein to Washington
04 Feb 2026 09:41 GMT
… listening to Schubert’s last piano sonata, not his song cycle … of correspondences.”
Schubert’s last piano sonata covers everything. The B … of the work recorded by Alfred Brendel in November of 1971 exactly …
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Wiltshire Music Centre launches star-studded new season for 2026
27 Dec 2025 10:48 GMT
… jazz greats and classical legends
Wiltshire Music Centre is starting … hiatus.
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Classical and jazz highlights span … Addison both reveal their classical passions, while the … Piano Stool on Fire, the acclaimed documentary about pianist Alfred Brendel …
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Alfred Brendel's life and legacy to be celebrated in Barbican concert
03 Nov 2025 19:31 GMT
… year after the death of pianist Alfred Brendel for a concert at the … complete performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 3 in C … an interest in Liszt’s piano music.
Brendel's impact on … of the Royal Academy of Music. Beyond music, he was was celebrated …
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Sir Simon Rattle & Leading Artists Celebrate Alfred Brendel’s Life and Legacy in Landmark Concert
02 Nov 2025 01:06 GMT
… and legacy of Alfred Brendel, the renowned pianist, writer and thinker … programme, from solo piano, chamber music to concerto and symphonic … complete recording of the piano music and took a prominent … interest in Liszt’s piano music.
He appeared regularly at …