Adrian Brendel has quickly established himself as one of the leading cellists of his generation, performing extensively as a soloist and in chamber music throughout Europe, the US and Japan. He has worked frequently with artists such as Imogen Cooper, Paul Lewis, Till Fellner, Lisa Batiashvili, Daniel Hope, Lawrence Power, Katharine Gowers and Tim Horton. His recent two year partnership with his father Alfred Brendel, performing all of Beethoven’s music for cello and piano at venues throughout the world, was a huge public and critical success. They have also recorded these works for Philips, and their interpretation of the Sonata in A Major was the top recommendation on the BBC’s Building a Library programme.
Recent concert highlights include recitals in Amsterdam, Lucerne, Florence, Frankfurt, Graz, Vienna, London, Paris, Madrid and Valencia as well as concert appearances with the Sinfonia Varsovia, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He has also recorded for radio companies across Europe including BBC, ORF, NDR, WDR, Sudwestfunk and Deutschlandradio.
Adrian Brendel studied at Winchester College, Cambridge University and with Frans Helmerson at the Cologne Music Conservatoire. Other important teachers included Alexander Baillie, Miklуs Perényi and William Pleeth, with whom he developed a strong attachment to chamber music. He also attended master classes with the Alban Berg Quartet and Gyцrgy Kurtбg. He was a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s prestigious CMS2 young artist scheme from 2002–2004.
He is co-founder of Music at Plush, a summer music festival held every year in Dorset, Southwest England, and Music Director of http://www.plushmusic.tv, a new audiovisual online performance platform dedicated to classical, modern jazz and world music.
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