Nelson Freire: Robert Schumann - Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 (1983)

In a concert recorded in the Kongressaal, Munich, the Brazilian pianist plays works by Schumann and Chopin. Robert Schumann – Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 0:18 I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen 11:50 II. Mäßig - Durchaus energisch 18:50 III. Langsam getragen - Durchweg leise zu halten Watch the whole concert: Nelson Freire (born October 18, 1944) is a Brazilian classical pianist. Freire began playing the piano at age 3. He replayed from memory pieces his older sister, Nelma, had just performed. His teachers in Brazil were Nise Obino and Lucia Branco, former students of a pupil of Liszt. For his first public recital, at the age of four, Freire chose Mozart’s Sonata in A major, K. 331. In 1957, Freire’s performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, at the age of 12. He was awarded 7th place at the Rio de Janeiro International Piano Competition. He subsequently received a Brazilian government grant to study in Vienna