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Artur Pizarro

Artur Pizarro

After winning the Leeds Piano Competition in 1990, Artur Pizarro has released six oustandingly beautiful solo albums on Linn Records. Artur is renowned for his "intelligence and originality of thought, along with breath-takingly sensitive playing" Glasgow Herald.



The Complete Works of Ravel Vol. 1
The Complete Works of Ravel Vol. 1
This demanding piano programme highlights Pizarro as an accomplished Ravel interpreter. Recommended. 

CKD 290  

Chopin Piano Sonatas
Chopin Piano Sonatas
Artur Pizarro's second Chopin album, following on from his hugely successful "Reminiscences" album. 

CKD 250  

Reminiscences - Frederic Chopin
Reminiscences - Frederic Chopin
Renowned pianist Artur Pizarro turns to the Romantic piano music of Chopin for his third album. 

CKD 248  

Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Beethoven's famous 'Pathetique', 'Moonlight', 'Tempest' and 'Appassionata' sonatas. 

CKD 244  

Beethoven: Last Three Piano Sonatas
Beethoven: Last Three Piano Sonatas
Pizarro's acclaimed second disc of Beethoven sonatas, beautifully played on a Blüthner piano. 

CKD 225  

Artur Pizarro was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1968, and first played the piano on Portuguese television at the age of 4 having been introduced to the instrument by his maternal grandmother, pianist Berta da Nóbrega, and her piano-duo partner Campos Coelho who was a student of Vianna da Motta, Ricardo Viñes and Isidor Philipp. From 1974 to 1990 Artur Pizarro studied with Sequeira Costa who had also been a student of Vianna da Motta, Mark Hamburg, Edwin Fischer, Marguerite Long and Jacques Février. This distinguished lineage immersed Artur in the tradition of the Golden Age of pianism and gave him a broad education in both the German and French piano schools and repertoire.

After initial studies in Lisbon, Artur moved to Lawrence, Kansas in the USA and continued working with Sequeira Costa who is Professor of Piano at the University of Kansas. Artur began performing publicly again at the age of 13 with a recital début at the São Luíz Theatre in Lisbon and gave his concerto debut with the Gulbenkian Orchestra later in the same year. While still under the tutelage of Costa, Artur Pizarro won first prizes in the 1987 Vianna da Motta Competition, the 1988 Greater Palm Beach Symphony Competition and the 1990 Harverys Leeds International Pianoforte Competition which saw the beginning of an international concert career.

Artur Pizarro performs internationally in recital, chamber music and with the world's leading orchestras and conductors including Charles Dutoit, Sir Simon Rattle, Jean Fournier, Philippe Entremont, Pascal Tortelier, Sir Andrew Davis, Esa Pekka Salonen, Yuri Termikanov, Vladimir Fedoseev, and Sir Charles Mackerras. Artur is an active chamber musician and has performed at chamber music festivals throughout the world. In 2005 he formed the ‘Artur Pizarro Piano Trio' with violinist Raphael Oleg and cellist Josephine Knight. Artur also is part of a piano duo with Vita Panomariovaite. In October 2007 Artur and Vita released Rimsky Korsakov - Piano Duos for Linn Records.


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International Piano
Ravel's piano music has rarely been so magically captured on disc as here
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High Fidelity (Danish)
Den unge Artur Pizarro er et usædvanligt talent...
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ClassicsToday.com
...what a phenomenal Gaspard!
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Classic FM
5 Stars
Volume two? Bring it on.
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Atlanta Audio Society
Pizarro plays scintillating Ravel
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Pianist
the Chopin release of the year
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Independent on Sunday
5 Stars
As well as a super-refined approach to sonority, Pizarro has every note where he wants it, plus the power to whip the increasingly opulent decadence of La Valse up to a shatteringly self-destructive climax
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Financial Times
Wizardry from Pizarro: Pizarro’s pearl-like clarity casts a spell over music that demands the wizardry of a water-sprite
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The Herald
4 Stars
Ravel's warhorses: ...Pizarro’s Ravel is a marriage of clarity, delicacy and unforced virtuosity.
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Manchester Evening News
The most notable thing about Ravel's piano works, in the opinion of some, is their near-impossibility to play...
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BBC Online
'This is a very grown-up disc on all counts. I would definitely recommend it...'
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The Scotsman
A recording of 'alluring composure'...
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Audiophile Audition
4 Stars
A vivid recording of vibrant music, this disc.
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Good Sound
4 Stars
his style is overt and dashing
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International Record Review
courageous and individual
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The Observer
elegant and assured
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The Sunday Times
3 Stars
torrential but sensitively voiced Chopin interpretations
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The Herald
5 Stars
A highly collectable disc
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The Scotsman
4 Stars
Pizarro unravels their expressive worlds
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Audiophile Audition
4 Stars
a rich and powerful piano sound
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The Metro
5 Stars
A brave decision but one with spectacular results
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The Herald
5 Stars
An achingly beautiful performance; a spellbinding array of insights
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Audiophile Audition
5 Stars
One of the most enjoyable Chopin collections on a disc I have heard...
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The Guardian
4 Stars
Four stars for Artur 'distinctive' playing
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International Record Review
A virtuosic performance from a gifted pianist
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The Observer
Waltzes, mazurkas, nocturnes, a polonaise and the Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp minor: all yield new beauties beneath Pizarro's light but firm, sensitive touch.
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Scotland on Sunday
Pizarro produces a clear, almost glacial sound.
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Classical CD Review.com
A fine collection of piano works.
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MusicWeb International
A gorgeous piano sound...
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The Sunday Herald
Unmissable.
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BBCi
A dazzling performance
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The Sunday Times
Pizarro always rises to Beethoven's dramatic challenges
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The Herald
In every way a disc to be sought out.
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The Scotsman
A mesmerising mix of showmanship and intellect. Compulsive listening.
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Gramophone
Pizarro is not frightened to go his own way...
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Hi-Fi Choice
...This first disc on the Linn label from Artur Pizarro is a gem...
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Atlanta Audio Society
...A mastery of the musical, emotional and intellectual power of Beethoven...
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BBC Music Magazine
A recording "delivered with conviction, intelligence and refined pianism"
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International Record Review
Luminous tonal variety...
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The Herald
Snap this one up now.
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Hi-Fi Choice
5 Stars
Great stuff.
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Gramophone
...a maker of fine music that can be listened to purely for what it is.
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23 February 2008
Europe
Teatro Garcia de Resende, Évora, Portugal

Four Bach Concerti with Orquestra do Algarve, soloist and directing from keyboard.



05 June 2008
Europe
Festival de Música de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

Recital of Bach, Mozart, Vorišek, Schumann and Chopin



28 June 2008
Europe
Teatro das Figuras, Faro, Portugal

Mozart Concerti K.459 and K. 482 with Orquestra do Algarve



15 September 2008
Europe
Beethoven Festival, Bonn, Germany

Beethoven violin and piano sonatas with Raphaël Oleg



28 September 2008
Europe
Concerts de Poche, Cesson, France

Concert with the Pizarro Trio (Artur Pizarro, Raphaël Oleg and Josephine Knight)



30 September 2008
Europe
Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal

Recital of Bach, Mozart, Vorišek, Schumann and Chopin



10 October 2008 to 11 October 2008
Europe
Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland

Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto Heroico with the Warsaw National Philharmonic



21 October 2008
Europe
Rudolfium Concert Hall, Prague, Czech Republic

Recital, Bach, Mozart, Vorišek, Schumann and Chopin



24 October 2008
England
Canterbury Festival, Canterbury

Recital, Bach, Mozart, Vorišek, Schumann and Chopin



30 October 2008
Scotland
Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, cond.



31 October 2008
Scotland
City Halls, Glasgow

Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, cond.



09 November 2008
Scotland
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Recital, Debussy Preludes Book 1 and Schubert Trout Quintet with members of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra



09 December 2008
England, London
Queen Elizabeth Hall

International Piano Series: Recital, Granados Goyescas, Ravel Gaspard de la nuit, Prokofiev Sonata no.7