Driving time from Peekskill to West Point is approximately 20 minutes. Bus. Short Line Bus offers daily bus service from the New York City Port Authority, near Times Square in midtown Manhattan, to the West Point Visitors Center; one-way trip takes 1 hour 40 minutes and costs approx $15.
Lifetime Achievement Award for Alfred Brendel One of the 20th century's greats, the 85-year-old Austrian pianist makes ears perk up even after the end of his concert career. Now he's being recognized for his lifetime achievement by Germany's ECHO Klassik.
Brendel, 62, has been playing piano publicly since 1948 and making records since 1952. To get attention, you have to play Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, be young and have a lot of flash, remarks Ward Botsford, the man who produced most of Brendel's early records. And that is the antithesis of what Alfred Brendel is.