Maria João Pires

Photo Credit: Felix Broede / DG

Since the 1970s, she has devoted herself to reflecting the influence of art in life, community and education, trying to discover new ways of establishing this way of thinking in society. She has searched for new ways which, respecting the development of individuals and cultures, encourage the sharing of ideas.

In 1999, she created the Belgais Centre for the Study of the Arts in Portugal. Maria João Pires regularly offers interdisciplinary workshops for professional musicians and music lovers. In the Belgais concert hall concerts and recordings regularly take place. In future these will be shared with the international digital community (pay and non-pay).

In 2012, in Belgium, she initiated two complementary projects; the Partitura Choirs, a project which creates and develops choirs for children from disadvantaged backgrounds as in Belgium the „Hesperos Choir, and the Partitura Workshops. All of the Partitura projects have the aim to create an altruistic dynamic between artists of different generations by proposing an alternative in a world too often focused on competitiveness. This philosophy is being spread worldwide at Partitura projects and workshops.

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Concerto Repertoire

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major Op. 15
Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat major Op. 19
Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor Op. 37
Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major Op. 58

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Concertos no. 9 in E-flat major K. 271
Piano Concerto no.17 in G major K. 453
Piano Concerto no.21 in C major K. 467
Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K. 466
Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K. 488
Piano Concerto no.27 in B-flat K. 595
Double Piano Concerto in E-flat major K. 365

ROBERT SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op. 21
Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor Op. 11

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