Luis Magalhães, concert pianist
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms
The works that have kept Luis company for years, set down at last. Schubert and Brahms at their most intimate, Beethoven’s late Bagatelles and Mozart’s fantasias, played as a single, personal arc.
From the 2025 album
A Yamaha International Artist, Luis performs as soloist and chamber musician across four continents.
Read the full biographyOne really couldn’t ask for more.
Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Selected discography
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Schiermonnikoog. Or, How I Learned to Stop
The Schiermonnikoog Festival invited me to play three concerts. Nobody mentioned the bicycle. Schiermonnikoog is a small island off the north coast of the…
Read moreWhy Cramer’s Piano Quintets Deserve to Be Played Again - Preparing Piano Quintet No. 3, or Why Good Manners Ruined His Career
Johann Baptist Cramer had a serious problem. He was excellent at everything he did. He was admired by Beethoven. He was one of the most respected pian…
Read moreGaia Festival, Thun. Or: How Having Nothing To Do Became My Greatest Achievement
I went to the Gaia Musikfestival in Thun with a shocking amount of free time. This is unusual for a music festival. Normally you are busy. Rehearsing.…
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