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Maria João Pires: 10 facts about the great pianist
During several year of environmental disasters, and the pandemic, where can one find the tranquillity one so much desires?
One place is music, says classical pianist Maria Joao Pires.
"We have so many emergencies to deal with in our society now, things like the breakdown of the family, environmental disasters. We have to ask, 'How can the way we make music be changed, to help people to face these things?’"
Of the quiet space in her music she brings aspects of the ancient ways of Buddhism- her father lived in China and Japan. She has studied Buddhism which in some ways comes through in her music, as she says-
"the breathing, the space and the quietness of the space."
Pires dresses with simplicity that "puts my mind at ease." She is for music in more informal relaxed settings and not the formal orchestra settings and piano recitals.
She likes easy-to-wear fabrics, like hemp or cotton. "I don't wear makeup and my hair is always cut short. I only wear flat shoes. That way my mind is at ease."
She was born in Lisbon 23 July 1944, with her first recital at age 5, and studied at the Lisbon Conservatory.
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