Alberto Portugheis

Pianist and teacher Alberto Portugheis was born on 1 January 1941 in La Plata, Argentina, to Romanian and Russian parents. He won first prize at Geneva's Concours de Virtuosité and is widely-travelled, giving masterclasses, solo piano recitals, concerts with orchestra and playing chamber music in many countries. His recordings, drawn from a particularly wide repertoire, include a CD dedicated to the piano music of Gioachino Rossini and a disc of Rachmaninov and Shostakovich sonatas with cellist Gwyneth George. He is vice-chairman of the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe, the International Society for the Study of Tension in Performance and the European Piano Teachers' Association, and was the founder of the Asociacion Latino-Americana de Pianistas Pedagosgos. In addition to his work in music, Portugheis is also a campaigner for world peace and demilitarisation.

 

Articles by Alberto Portugheis

Alberto Portugheis enjoys a recital by the Romanian-American pianist Eugene Alcalay

Articles about Alberto Portugheis

Ensemble. A Dynamic Entity - Malcolm Miller reports on the 2016 BPSE Beethoven Chamber Music Competition

Ease of Technique - Malcolm Miller listens to the competitors at the 2013 Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

An Uplifting Concert - Malcolm Miller was at the 20th Intercollegiate Beethoven Piano Competition

Ensemble. The Flame of Music - Malcolm Troup reports on new arrivals from China and Lithuania at the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe's Summer Festival in London

Ensemble. Judge not lest you be Judged! - Malcolm Troup reports on the 2012 Beethoven Piano Society of Europe's chamber music masterclass, concert and competition

Ever Responsive - Two recitals by Alberto Portugheis impress Malcolm Miller

New Contexts - Malcolm Miller reports on a recent Symposium on Beethoven's Diabelli Variations

Winning Ensembles - Malcolm Miller was at the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Chamber Music Competition

Ensemble. Dancing in the Air - Mary Isaac enjoys a concert of music from Latin America

Ensemble. Refreshing Contrasts - Malcolm Miller reports from the 2009 BPSE Chamber Music Competition

A Symbol of Peace - Howard Smith comments on Alberto Portugheis' recent publication

Caressing Hands - Andrejs Osokins at London's St Martin-in-the-Fields, heard by Julian Jacobson

Talented Youth - Malcolm Miller was at the 2009 Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Seeds of Genius - Alberto Portugheis plays Beethoven at London's Foundling Museum, reviewed by Malcolm Miller

Ensemble. Highly Charged - A recital by Daniel Kuzmin and Alberto Portugheis, reviewed by Malcolm Miller

Great Promise - Malcolm Miller reports from the 2008 Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Ensemble. Litmus Tests - Malcolm Miller at the fifteenth BPSE Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition

Beethoven's Supremacy - The 2007 Beethoven Junior Intercollegiate Piano Competition, reviewed by Julian Jacobson

Ensemble. An Absorbing Day - Julian Jacobson reports on the fourteenth BPSE Beethoven Intercollegiate (Senior) Piano Competition

Ensemble. World Class Chamber Music - Malcolm Troup on the recent BPSE chamber music masterclass and competition in London

Ensemble. Beethoven winners - Malcolm Miller reports on two European competitions

Ensemble. Much to applaud - Malcolm Miller reports on an impressive array of talent at the BPSE Beethoven Chamber Music Competition 2005

Ensemble. Hot music from Latin America - Malcolm Miller at a highlight of the Regent Hall Summer Festival

Ensemble. Choral centenary - Malcolm Miller enjoys two seldom-performed works by Berthold Goldschmidt

Ensemble. Latin American blend - Malcolm Miller applauds Alberto Portugheis in recital

CD Spotlight - Passion and gloom. '... Gwyneth George ... riding the technical difficulties with enviable ease ...' Rachmaninov and Shostakovich cello sonatas, an appraisal by Robert Anderson

Iberian spice - Malcolm Miller attends a recital by Mats Lidström and Alberto Portugheis