Maria João Pires
Birthday
1944/07/23 (81 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Lisbon, Portugal
Also know as
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Biography
Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires (born 23 July 1944) is a Portuguese classical pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of the repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries. Pires was born in Lisbon, Portugal, a posthumous daughter of João Baptista Pires and his wife Alzira dos Santos Alexandre Barbosa. She has three siblings: Hugo Alexandre Barbosa Pires, Maria Regina Alexandre Barbosa Pires and Maria Helena Alexandre Barbosa Pires. Her first recital was at the age of five, a...Read more
Acting
(2024) Volta ao Mundo, Kamará
as Self
(2010) Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
as Self
(1998) Attrazione D'Amore/Voyage to Cythera
as Self
(1999) The Letter
as Maria João Pires
(1991) The Divine Comedy
as Marta
(2014) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 'Scottish'
as Self - Solo piano
(2003) Europakonzert 2003 from Lisbon
as Self - Piano
(1989) Youri Egorov 1954 - 1988
as Self
(2015) Maria João Pires: Portrait of a Pianist
as Self
(2021) Martha Argerich & Maria João Pires Play Mozart Victoria Hall - Geneva
as Self - Pianist
(2024) The Alchemy of the Piano
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1995) Kulturzeit
as self