It is with deep sadness that Blue Flame Records/Schubert Music Europe bids farewell to Christoph Spendel - an outstanding pianist, composer, and teacher whose musical influence extended far beyond the borders of Germany. Christoph Spendel was born on July 19, 1955, in Bytom (then Upper Silesia, now Poland). He received his first piano lessons from his mother, Maria Christa Spendel, at the age of five and later continued his training at the Robert Schumann University of Music in ...