Sequeira Costa

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José Carlos de Sequeira Costa (Luanda, Angola, 18 July 1929 – 21 February 2019) was a Portuguese pianist who is especially renowned for his interpretations of the Romantic repertoire. As a child, Sequeira Costa showed exceptional musical talent. When he was eight years old, he moved to Lisbon to become the protégé of José Vianna da Motta who was one of the last pupils of Franz Liszt. Following Vianna da Motta's death in 1948, Sequeira Costa continued his studies in London under another eminent pianist, Mark Hambourg. Sequeira Costa also worked with Marguerite Long and Jacques Fevrier in Paris and Edwin Fischer in Switzerland. Under these teachers, Sequeira Costa was immersed in both the German and French schools of pianism. In his performing career, Sequeira Costa drew upon his understanding of both traditions to develop his personal style of musical interpretation. At the age of 22, Sequeira Costa won the second Grand Prix at the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition in 1951. Five years later, he founded the Vianna da Motta International Music Competition in Lisbon. In 1958, Dmitri Shostakovich invited Sequeira Costa to sit on the jury of the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, on which he served a further six times. Both in the years 1960 and 2000 he was part of the jurors of the Chopin International Piano Competition. In his later life, Sequeira Costa continued to appear regularly on the panels of some of the world's most prestigious mus

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A Musical Snuff-Box (Sequeira Costa plays Encores)

Beethoven: Sonatas Nos. 21, 23, 27

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Best of Chopin

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 12, 13, 14, 26

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Классическая музыка для учёбы

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Vol. 4

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Peaceful Piano for Focus and Study

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16, 17, 18

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 11, 15, 19, 20

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Dela za klavir

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RACHMANINOV: Piano Transcriptions (Complete)

VIANNA DA MOTTA: Piano Music

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