Arthur Moreira Lima
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Arthur Moreira Lima
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Worldly acclaimed as one of the best interpreters of Frédéric Chopin, Arthur Moreira Lima also had success in the field of popular music. At nine he won a soloist contest promoted by the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira (Brazilian Symphonic Orchestra) with a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart concert. In 1952 he won the contest again, interpreting a Ludwig Van Beethoven concert. In 1956 he won a Rádio MEC contest, winning a scholarship from the Brazilian government to study in Paris, France, with Marguerite Long. In 1962 he got the third place in the III International Piano Contest (Rio de Janeiro), being invited to work as the assistant to professor Rudolf Keres at the Moscow Conservatory (then U.S.S.R.A.), position that he held for the next three years. In 1965 he got the second place at the Frédéric Chopin International Contest (Warsaw, Poland). Returning to Moscow, he continued his studies until 1970, when he moved to Vienna, Austria, when he started his acknowledged career as an international concerto player. His activities in popular music included a celebrated mid-seventies English recording of Ernesto Nazareth's works (Nazareth being himself deeply influenced by Chopin), the no less important association with Elomar, Heraldo do Monte and Paulo Moura in the ConSertão series, and the performances/recordings with Rafael Rabelo, Época de Ouro, Nelson Gonçalves and Ney Matogrosso. ~ Alvaro Neder, RoviWikipedia on Answers.com:
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Arthur Moreira Lima
Arthur Moreira Lima (born July 16, 1940, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian classical pianist.
Arthur began learning the piano at the age of six and when he was nine he was already playing a Mozart piano concerto in public.
Already at the age of 17 he was a participant in the Contest for Pianists - Rio de Janeiro (other participants were Alexander Jenner, Sergei Dorensky, Augustin Anievas, Michael Voskresensky, and Nelson Freire). Yet he achieved international prominence after taking second place in the 1965 International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (with Martha Argerich taking first place). At the Chopin Competition he took two additional prizes: public favourite and best sonata. He is also a prize winner at the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (3rd prize) and the International Tchaikovsky Competition (3rd prize).
Moreira Lima has in the last years travelled in Brazil from north to south in a truck playing in places where classical music is rarely heard. In the 1970s Moreira Lima recorded all of Chopin's works. And he recorded the inspiring music of Ernesto Nazareth.
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Heraldo Di Monte
(Jazz Artist)
Unio Celestia
(2001 Album by Corciolli)
Con Sertão
(Album by Paulo Moura With Arthur Moreira Lima & Heraldo Do Monte Elomar)
Parcelada Malunga
(1980 Album by Elomar Lima With Arthur Moreira)
Xangai
(World Band, '90s)
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