23.Jan.2026

Pierre-Laurent Aimard in Tribute to Alfred Brendel at the Barbican

“Part 3 of the concert offered something Brendel would surely have relished: a sequence of piano miniatures, largely by György Kurtág, performed with whimsical humour by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and interwoven with Brendel’s own Dadaist-inflected verse, stylishly read by Harriet Walter.”
— The Evening Standard
Pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tim Horton and Simon Rattle © Chris Christodoulou
Further reviews appeared in The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph and Seen and Heard International.
All proceeds from the concert were donated to the Alfred Brendel Young Musician’s Trust, supporting students’ access to professional-standard pianos.