Maria joao pires biography of george michael

Born July 23, 1944 in Lisbon, Portugal. Education:1 Lisbon Academy of Music; studied with Campos Coelho, Francine Benoit, Rosl Schmidt, Karl Engel. Education: Lisbon Academy of Music Addresses: Agent--Askonas Holt Limited Lonsdale Chambers, 27 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PF.

Portuguese pianist and musical purist Maria Joao Pires performs intimate renditions of classical compositions with an exquisitely fluid style.

She is best known for her performances of Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, and Schumann.

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Pires, a child prodigy, gave her first recital at age four and went on to perform a Mozart concerto at age five. She studied with some of the greatest teachers of the twentieth century, and her perennial collaborations with symphony orchestras around the world are greeted with enthusiasm.

Equally acclaimed are her chamber music renditions most notably in a trio, with cellist Jian Wang and Augustin Dumay on violin.

Pires, who was born in Lisbon, Portugal on July 23, 1944, began to pl