In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Pinto and the second or paternal family name is Freire.
Nelson Freire
Born
Nelson José Pinto Freire
(1944-10-18)18 October 1944
Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died
1 November 2021(2021-11-01) (aged 77)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation
Classical pianist
Awards
Gramophone Award
Diapason d'Or
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Legion of Honour
Nelson José Pinto Freire (Portuguese:[ˈnɛwsõˈfɾejɾ(i)]; 18 October 1944 – 1 November 2021) was a Brazilian classical pianist. Regarded as one of the greatest pianists of his generation, he was noted for his "decorous piano playing" and "interpretive depth".[1][2] His extensive discography for labels such as Sony Classical, Teldec, Philips, and Decca has garnered awards including the Gramophone Award and Diapason d'Or. Freire appeared as soloist with the world's most prestigious orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. He played and recorded piano duo music with Martha Argerich, a long-time musical and personal friend.
^Kozinn, Allan (20 April 2009). "For Dramatic Impact? A Subtle Palette". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^Lopez, Louis-Valentin (1 November 2021). ""La perte d'un géant" : le pianiste Nelson Freire nous a quittés". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
Nelson José Pinto Freire (Portuguese: [ˈnɛwsõ ˈfɾejɾ(i)]; 18 October 1944 – 1 November 2021) was a Brazilian classical pianist. Regarded as one of the...
officer and general NelsonFreire (1944–2021), Brazilian classical pianist Óscar Freire (born 1976), Spanish bicycle racer Paulo Freire (1921–1997), Brazilian...
Orchestra, of which Nelsons is the current music director. In October 2020, the orchestra announced the most recent extension of Nelsons' contract as...
original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021 – via YouTube. NelsonFreire e Marta Argerich tocando Racmaninoff Opus 2 ppara duas maos. Daniel...
the military engineer José Vicente Faria Lima and others including NélsonFreire Lavanère-Wanderley. Together with the Ministry of Aeronautics, the National...
may hear Riccardo Chailly conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra with NelsonFreire performing Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 in...
include Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Vadim Repin, Julian Rachlin, NelsonFreire, Alisa Weilerstein, Louis Lortie, Ingrid Fliter, James Ehnes, Gabriela...
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IX) John Rink [fr] Wojciech Świtała [pl] (HM XII) Dina Joffe ( IX) NelsonFreire and Martha Argerich withdrew prior to the start of the competition and...
including the pianists Martha Argerich, Khatia Buniatishvili, Radu Lupu, NelsonFreire, Peter Serkin, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang and Sergio Tiempo, the violinists...
Curcio, Pierre Sancan, Michel Béroff, Jacques Detiege, Alan Weiss and NelsonFreire. He has also attended the International Piano Academy Lake Como, where...
Giordano (chairman) Joaquín Achúcarro Philippe Entremont Claude Frank NelsonFreire Edward Gordon Moura Lympany Lev Naumov Cécile Ousset John Pfeiffer Menahem...
of the competition, he was given the maximum score by jury members NelsonFreire and Martha Argerich. Later, in 2011, Argerich told the Financial Times...
Yamada conducting the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra in 2020 with NelsonFreire in Ludwig van Beethoven's: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Symphony...
She has also performed with other pianists, including NelsonFreire and André Carrara. With Freire and Carrara, for example, she interpreted Mozart's 7th...
also from Brazil, such as the opera singer Bidu Sayão, the pianist NelsonFreire and the former pianist and now conductor João Carlos Martins. The city...
Bella Davidovich ( IV) Jan Ekier (honorary chairman) Philippe Entremont NelsonFreire Adam Harasiewicz ( V) Andrzej Jasiński (chairman) Kevin Kenner ( XII)...
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