CRISTINA ORTIZ piano recital

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Born in Bahia, Brazil, Cristina Ortiz began her piano lessons in her home country before moving to France to study with Magda Tagliaferro. Soon after finishing her studies in Paris, she won the first prize at the third Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. She continued her training with Rudolf Serkin in Philadelphia at the Curtis Institute of Music and later moved to London, where she currently lives.
Cristina Ortiz has performed in most of the major concert halls around the world and has played with the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Valencia Orchestra, Icelandic Symphony Orchestra and the NHK Symphony Orchestra among others, with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Neeme Järvi, Mariss Jansons and David Zinman.
Ortiz has recorded for EMI, Decca, Collins Classics, and Intrada, and given master classes at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Juilliard School in New York.

For us she will play:
Debussy - Suite Bergamasque
Chopin - 4 Etudes from Op 25
Brahms - 2 Intermezzi
Brahms - Sonata in F minor Op 5

After the recital we offer an informal Reception with a finger buffet tea and your choice of wine/tea/coffee/juice, plus the opportunity to meet Miss Ortiz. "Tea" tickets are £6 (just £4 for students) and can be bought on the door. We can cater for up to 70 people.