Death of a much-recorded pianist, 89
mainThe Angolan-born Portuguese pianist Sequeira Costa, has died in Kansas, where he was professor since 1976. He recently recorded a cycle of Beethoven sonatas.
A student of José Vianna da Motta who was one of the last pupils of Franz Liszt, he won the Marguerite Long competition and sat on the jury of the first Tchaikovsky competition.
Bach, Beeethoven, Chopin and Rachmaninov were at the heart of his repertoire.
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