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 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
on December 10, 1954, which included contemporary works by
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.
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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 ...
, including his cello sonatas
No. 1 and
No. 2,
Piano Quartet No. 2 and
Piano Quintet
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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 st ...
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
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References
External links
Official website
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Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Academic staff of the University of São Paulo
1938 births
Living people
Brazilian classical pianists