Cristina Ortiz

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Cristina Ortiz (born April 17, 1950 in Salvador, Bahia ) is an English classical pianist of Brazilian origin.

Cristina Ortiz was a child prodigy when it comes to piano playing. She began playing the piano at the age of two and attended the Brazilian Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro when she was eight. She completed postgraduate studies with Magda Tagliaferro at the Paris Conservatory . Shortly after finishing her studies in Paris, she won the Third International Van Cliburn Competition in 1969 . Ortiz completed further postgraduate studies with Rudolf Serkin at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Ortiz settled in London. She has developed into a globally active recitalist, concert soloist and chamber musician. Due to her spirited interpretations of the piano works of Heitor Villa-Lobos , Manuel de Falla and Enrique Granados , she is considered a specialist in Brazilian and Spanish piano music. Her repertoire is much more extensive and “includes all piano concertos by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms and Rachmaninov, as well as 15 piano concertos by Mozart, three by Prokofiev, and numerous solo pieces by these and other composers from the Spanish and Romansh-speaking countries.” As a chamber musician, has She has worked with violinists Boris Belkin and Uto Ughi , cellist Antonio Meneses , clarinetist Dimitri Ashkenazy and with various chamber ensembles such as the Chilingirian Quartet and the Prague Wind Quintet .

Ortiz has given piano masterclasses at the Juilliard School in New York and the Royal College of Music in London.

Ortiz has made over 30 recordings for labels such as EMI, Decca, Collins Classics, Naxos and BIS.

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  • Alain Pâris: Classical music in the 20th century, singers, conductors, orchestras, choirs . Cristina Ortiz. dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-32501-1 , p. 574 .
  • Cristina Ortiz (web archive): Cristina Ortiz. Retrieved December 16, 2018 .
  • Henrik F. Lodding (web archive): Cristina Ortiz. Retrieved December 16, 2018 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alain Pâris, 1997
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Bruce Duffie, 1989.
personal data
SURNAME Ortiz, Cristina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English classical pianist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Salvador, Bahia