Maria João Pires

Maria João Pires

Born: July 23, 1944
in Lisbon, Portugal
Portuguese-Swiss classical pianist

Movies for Maria João Pires...

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 'Scottish'
Title: Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 'Scottish'
Character: Solo piano
Released: November 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Inspired by his travels to the British Isles and full of the influence of the rolling Scottish landscape, both Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Scottish’ and his Overture: The Hebrides are amongst the composer’s most popular and admired works. The London Symphony Orchestra present us with inspiring performances of these works, as well as a performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto, featuring the celebrated pianist, Maria João Pires.
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Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Title: Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
Character: Herself
Released: January 13, 2010
Type: Movie
Documentary about the life, convictions and career of Portugal's first and only female Prime Minister. Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo believed that "women can be a force for radical transformation of the institutionalised irrationality in which we live. The multifunctionality of their existence, the diversity of the planes on which they move, their daily lives give them a special capacity to find a new understanding and a new effectiveness for governance in the midst of complexity". Unlike many other women who have the same conviction, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo turned her life into a praxis of her own belief.
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The Letter
Title: The Letter
Character: Maria João Pires
Released: September 22, 1999
Type: Movie
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She keeps her distance from him, confessing her love to a friend who is a nun and, later, to her husband. Hunger for her love and jealousy consume him; she attends him as he wastes away. With his death, she can marry and express her passion, but what she does and how she explains herself, particularly to her cloistered friend, is at the heart of the film. Glimpses of convent life and of Abrunhosa on stage give contrast and mute comment.
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Attrazione D'Amore/Voyage to Cythera
Title: Attrazione D'Amore/Voyage to Cythera
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Attrazione d'Amore is a touching illustration of the unique relation that has developed between the Conductor Riccardo Chailly and his famous Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Voyage to Cythera navigates through wonderful musical quotes made of performances conducted by Berio, rehearsals, archival documents and interviews featuring Riccardo Chailly and Louis Andriessen.
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Title: Kulturzeit
Character: self
Released: October 2, 1995
Type: TV
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The Divine Comedy
Title: The Divine Comedy
Character: Marta
Released: October 11, 1991
Type: Movie
In a mental institution the patients see themselves as people like Jesus, Lázaro, Marta, Maria, Adão, Eve, Sonia, Raskolnikov, Aliosha e Ivan Karamasov, a Philosopher, a Profet, Santa Teresa d'Avila, reciting the Divine Comedy.
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV
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Volta ao Mundo, Kamará
Title: Volta ao Mundo, Kamará
Character: Herself
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie