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Charlene Brendler
B.Mus., University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music (Performance)
M.Mus., Eastman School of Music (Performance & Music Literature)
Postgrad. Diploma, The Royal College of Music
Charlene Brendler is well-known to Bay Area audiences as a performer on harpsichord and fortepiano. She is on the music faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, and has taught Music History at The Crowden School since 1984. She is an accomplished and versatile early keyboard artist, performing and teaching on both harpsichord and fortepiano. As fortepianist she has toured California, Germany, and France with the Streicher Trio, winning international travel grants and multiple listings on the California Arts Council Touring Roster. The Trio's three Compact Discs were released by Bayer of Germany and Music and Arts in Berkeley. They include the Mozart Trios, Trios by Clara Schumann and Louise Farrenc, and Musica da Camera , featuring highlights from the Frank de Bellis 17th - 18th century musical collection at the San Francisco State University Library.
Ms Brendler has collaborated on both harpsichord and fortepiano as recitalist with numerous colleagues in the field, including Max van Egmond, Judith Nelson, Janet See, and Rene Clemencic. Solo concerts have been presented at The Smithsonian, the Yale Collection of Instruments, and at international festivals as well as in many regular California venues. Advanced degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Royal College of Music, London, were followed by appointments at several California colleges and conservatories. Early keyboard tutors have included harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt and John Gibbons, and fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson.