She is a pianist born in Brazil.She won a Gold Medal at the Van
Cliburn International Piano Competition and quickly became acclaimed for
her characteristic "Brazilian passion and spontaneity."She has performed with conductors
that include Neeme Jarvi, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Mariss Jansons and
orchestras such as the Royal, Berlin,
Vienna and Czech Philharmonics,
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra.As a conductor she has led the
Prague Chamber Orchestra and Consort of London while performing and as a
teacher she has given masterclasses and
workshops.She has made many
recordings with perhaps her best known being the American premiere of Guarnieri'sChoro and the five piano
concertos of Villa- Lobos.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recordings
Warsaw Concerto (Richard Addinsell)
Decca 0289 468 506-2 (CD: Movie Adagios)
Conductor - Moshe Atzmon
Piano - Christina Ortiz
Warsaw Concerto (Richard Addinsell)
London 0289 414 348 - 2 1 (CD: Addinsell: WarsawConcerto;Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2)