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Recorded live @ the Odradek Itinerate Festival in Matta, Pescara on December 11th, 2013.

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Odradek Records is a democratic classical cooperative, non-profit and artist-controlled label, organized to separate music-making from markets. A&R is decided by roster members directly, democratically evaluating anonymously submitted demos. Our goal is to create a system of meritocratic evaluation analogous to the scientific peer review process, that is both fair and produces credible and artistically strong albums with real cultural relevance, which respond to the public's expectations of justice while cutting through their marketing fatigue. The result so far has been an eclectic group of artists, united by excellent musicianship and an adventurous approach to repertoire, creating albums that speak for themselves musically. Within months of launching, one title received the BBC Music Magazine Newcomer of the Year Award, and the roster now boasts 25 artists from 13 different countries, and has programmed yearly festivals featuring the artists in 8 cities of Italy and Spain. We are mainly pianists so far, but have one symphony orchestra, one medieval-instrument ensemble, one modern ensemble, a piano trio, violinist, cellist, and guitarist, all in the process of making their CDs with us.

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ARTUR PIZARRO

Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1968, Artur Pizarro gave his first public performance at the age of three and made his television début on Portuguese television at the age of four. He had been introduced to the instrument by his maternal grandmother, pianist Berta da Nóbrega, and her piano-duo partner, Campos Coelho, who was a student of Vianna da Motta, Ricardo Viñes and Isidor Philipp.

From 1974 to 1990 Artur studied with Sequeira Costa who had also been a student of Vianna da Motta and of Mark Hamburg, Edwin Fischer, Marguerite Long and Jacques Février. This distinguished lineage immersed Artur in the tradition of the 'Golden Age' of pianism and gave him a broad education in both the German and French piano schools and repertoire. During a brief interruption of his studies in the USA, Artur also studied with Jorge Moyano in Lisbon, and in Paris worked with Aldo Ciccolini, Géry Moutier and Bruno Rigutto.

Artur won first prizes in the 1987 Vianna da Motta Competition, the 1988 Greater Palm Beach Symphony Competition and won first prize at the 1990 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, which marked the beginning of an international concert career.

Artur Pizarro performs internationally in recital, chamber music and with the world's leading orchestras and conductors including Sir Simon Rattle, Philippe Entremont, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Sir Andrew Davis, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yuri Temirkanov, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Ilan Volkov, Franz Welser- Most, Tugan Sokhiev, Yakov Kreizberg, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Libor Pešek, Vladimir Jurowski, Ion Marin, John Wilson and the late Sir Charles Mackerras.

Artur is an active chamber musician and has performed at chamber music festivals throughout the world. Artur Pizarro has recorded extensively for Collins Classics, Hyperion Records, Linn Records, Brilliant Classics, Klara, Naxos, Danacord and Phoenix.