For Alfred Brendel, now 94, climbing up to the top floor of his Hampstead ... Although he is mostly recognised as a pianist, one the greatest interpreters of Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert and ...

Alfred Brendel studied piano, composition and conducting in Zagreb and Graz and completed his piano studies with Edwin Fischer, Paul Baumgartner and Edward Steuermann. Between 1958 and 1964 he was the ...