ANTÓNIO FRAGOSO l PIANO SONATA (1915)

ANTÓNIO FRAGOSO l SONATA P/ PIANO l (MI menor) (1915)
(I). Muito agitado (00:00:00 - 06:45)
(II). Calmo e cantado com doçura (06:49)
(III). Majestoso (11:09)
Vera Estevez, piano
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Imagem: John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
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Vera Estevez is a Portuguese pianist. She began her musical studies with private lessons under the guidance of Professor Lidia Lantos. In 2014 she finished the Master in piano performance in the Maastricht Conservatorium (Zuyd University), with the Professor Katia Veekmans. She graduated in Music - Piano in Porto´s College of Music and Performing Arts - ESMAE, with Professor Constantin Sandu and in Musicology at FCSH in the Lisbon´s New University. Before, she studied at the National Conservatory of Lisbon in the piano class of Prof. Joaquim Baptista Fernandes.
Vera was finalist in the “1st International Competition of Chamber Music” in Alcobaça (Portugal) with Trio Diclave.
She participated in piano and chamber music Master classes given by renown pedagogues Vitaly Margulis, Stanislav Pochekin, Fernando Puchol, François Antonioli, Luiz de Moura Castro, Akiko Ebi, Valentina Berman, Julijus Andrejevas and Devy Erlih, among others.
Vera has an active performance schedule both in solo and in chamber music recitals, having given concerts in halls in Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands and in Ethiopia. She has also participated in various national and international courses and festivals like the “X Óbidos International Piano Week” (SIPO) in Portugal; the “Alcobendas´s International Music Meetings” in Spain; the “5th Addis Ababa Classical music festival”, among others. She was invited by the Portuguese Embassy in Ethiopia to play in the concert of the 500 years of diplomatic relations between Portugal and Ethiopia.