José Eduardo Gandra da Silva Martins, born 1938, is a Brazilian concert pianist.
Career
He began his career with a performance at the Colombo Theater in
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
on December 10, 1954, which included contemporary works by
Dmitri Shostakovich.
Martins was Professor at the university of São Paulo between 1982-2007.
He recorded several albums with compositions by
Henrique Oswald
Henrique José Pedro Maria Carlos Luis Oswald (April 14, 1852 – June 9, 1931) was a Brazilian composer and pianist.
Biography
Oswald was born in Rio de Janeiro. His father was a Swiss-German immigrant and his mother from Italy. The family name w ...
, including his cello sonatas
No. 1 and
No. 2,
Piano Quartet No. 2 and
Piano Quintet
In classical music, a piano quintet is a work of chamber music written for piano and four other instruments, most commonly a string quartet (i.e., two violins, viola, and cello). The term also refers to the group of musicians that plays a pian ...
.
He commissioned works from the composer
Gilberto Mendes
Gilberto Mendes (13 October 1922 – 1 January 2016) was a 20th-century Brazilian avant-garde composer, and one of the pioneering fathers of the company New Consonant Music.
Biography
Gilberto Mendes was born in Santos, Brazil, in 1922. He s ...
including ''Um Estudo? Eisler e Webern Caminham nos Mares do Sul''.
Honours
* Officer in the
Order of the Crown, by royal decree of King Albert II.
* Doctor Honoris Causa University Constantin Brâncuşi
*
Order of Rio Branco
The Order of Rio Branco (''Ordem de Rio Branco'') is an honorific order of Brazil instituted by decree 51.697 of February 5, 1963. It is named in honor of the Brazilian diplomat José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco.
The President of Brazil serves ...
References
External links
Official website
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Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
University of São Paulo faculty
1938 births
Living people
Brazilian classical pianists