Cristina Ortiz
While Cristina Ortiz has been identified with Brazilian and Spanish piano music, not least because of her spirited interpretations of works by Villa-Lobos, De Falla, and Granados, she has achieved acclaim in such a broad range of repertory, it would be unfair to call her a specialist. Indeed, her repertory includes all the concertos of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, and Rachmaninov, 15 by Mozart, three by Prokofiev, and scores of solo pieces by these and other composers out of the Spanish and Latin spheres. She has also delved heavily into chamber music, performing just as broad a spectrum of pieces, including music by Dvorák, Elgar, Fauré, and Shostakovich. In this genre she has collaborated with violinists Boris Belkin and Uto Ughi, cellist Antonio Meneses, clarinetist Dmitri Ashkenazy, and with various chamber ensembles, such as the Chilingirian Quartet and Prague Wind Quintet. She has appeared in recital at the most prestigious concert venues and with the major orchestras of Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, London, and Sao Paulo. In the new century Ortiz has given concerts, usually of Mozart concertos, while conducting from the keyboard. She has also held master classes at Juilliard and London's Royal College of Music. Ortiz has made over 30 recordings spread over a variety of labels, including EMI, Decca, Collins Classics, Naxos, BIS, and others.
Cristina Ortiz was born in Bahia, Brazil, on April 17, 1950. She was an astonishing prodigy, playing the piano at two and beginning studies at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music at eight. She had advanced studies with Magda Tagliaferro at the Paris Conservatory, and went to win, among other competitions, the third Van Cliburn in 1969. She had further studies at the Curtis Institute with Rudolf Serkin, even while her career was on the ascent. Ortiz made her first recording in 1974, Lambert's Rio Grande, for EMI, and then two more for the same label the following year, LPs of the Shostakovich concertos and of piano music by Villa-Lobos, Guarnieri, and others.
Ortiz relocated to London and continued to appear regularly in recital, and with orchestras and chamber ensembles throughout the next decades. In 1996 she gave the highly successful American premiere of Guarnieri's Chôro at Carnegie Hall, with conductor Dennis Russell Davies. In the new century Ortiz is active as ever: her 2010 touring schedule included appearances in France, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Brazil, and the U.K.
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Chopin: Nocturne in C Sharp Minor
Frédéric Chopin, Cristina Ortiz
Lounge - Released by PMI Collins Classics on 1 Feb 2019
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Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux; Phaéton; Danse Macabre etc.
Pascal Rogé, Cristina Ortiz, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1980
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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2
Cristina Ortiz, Boris Belkin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1990
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Symphony No. 1 & Three Fantastic Dances
Cristina Ortiz, Paavo Berglund, Efrem Kurtz
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 25 Nov 2005
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Quatuor à cordes - Quintette pour piano
Fine Arts Quartet, Cristina Ortiz
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 17 Nov 2009
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French Impressionist Piano
Classical - Released by ImpDigital on 1 Jan 1986
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York Bowen : 24 Preludes, Suite Mignonne & Berceuse, Op. 83
Classical - Released by Grand Piano on 31 Mar 2014
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2; Symphony No.9
Peter Jablonski, Cristina Ortiz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2012
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Addinsell; Rachmaninoff; Schostakowitsch: Warschauer Konzert;
Classical - Released by Decca on 1 Jan 2000
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Cristina Ortiz: Encore!
Classical - Released by Collins Classics on 28 May 1992
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2/Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto/Litolff: Scherzo
Cristina Ortiz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Moshe Atzmon
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 4 Apr 1986
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Debussy: As Performed By Cristina Ortiz
Claude Debussy, Cristina Ortiz
Classical - Released by GTUK on 14 Dec 2021
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Mozart: Concertos For Piano And Orchestra
Cristina Ortiz, Consort of London
Classical - Released by Collins Classics on 20 Feb 1992
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Villa-Lobos: The Five Piano Concertos
Cristina Ortiz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Miguel Gomez Martinez
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1992
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Alma Brasileira: Panorama du piano brésilien du XXe siècle
Classical - Released by Intrada on 1 Jan 2006
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Études-Tableaux
Cristina Ortiz, Philharmonia Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Lounge - Released by Collins Classics on 7 Mar 1991
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Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1 & Fantastic Dances
Cristina Ortiz, Paul Tortelier, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 22 Apr 2024
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Quintettes avec piano
Fine Arts Quartet, Cristina Ortiz
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 15 Jun 2009
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Granados: Goyescas - Falla: Tres Obras Desconcidas
Lounge - Released by Collins Classics on 1 Oct 1990
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Villa-Lobos: Piano Music
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 21 Nov 1987
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