Nelson Freire, along with Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich, forms a "triumvirate of the most important South American pianists of his generation."
Performer Biography
At age twelve, Nelson Freire participated in Rio de Janeiro's first international piano competition, making it to the final round and recording his first album with Chopin works in the same year.
Interpretation
Nelson Freire's playing of Chopin is described as having "something light, something iridescent about it - not in the sense of an artificial brightening-up, but in the sense of free, casual, informal."
Performer Biography
Nelson Freire studied in Vienna with Bruno Seidlhofer, who also taught famous pianists Friedrich Gulda and Rudolf Buchbinder.
Performer Biography
Nelson Freire had a deep affinity for Brahms's music, considering it "like a religion" and having known his piano concertos through recordings by Wilhelm Backhaus since his youth.
Performer Biography
Nelson Freire began piano lessons at age four, but his first teacher told his father after only twelve lessons that there was nothing more he could teach him.
Performer Biography
Nelson Freire, a Brazilian pianist, was signed by CBS classical department in 1967 at the age of 22, having been a "hot tip among connoisseurs."
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