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Guiomar Novaes
Brazilian pianist (1895–1979)
Guiomar Novaes (February 28, 1895 – March 7, 1979) was a Brazilian pianist known for individuality of tone and phrasing, singing line, and a subtle and nuanced approach to her interpretations.[1]
Biography
Born in São João da Boa Vista (in the area of São Paulo state in Brazil) as one of the youngest children in a very large family, she studied with Antonietta Rudge Miller and Luigi Chiafarelli before she was accepted as a pupil of Isidor Philipp at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1909.[2] That year there were two vacancies for foreign students at the Conservatoire—and 387 applicants.
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Novaes played for a jury that included Debussy, Fauré, Moszkowski and Widor.[3] Her pieces were the Paganini–Liszt Etude in E, Chopin's A-flat Ballade and Schumann's Carnaval. She won first place. Debussy wrote a letter in which he reports his amazement about the little Brazilian girl who came to the platform and, forg