ALBERTO PORTUGHEIS MASTERCLASSES and YOUNG PIANISTS CONCERT
27th to 30th October 2025
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Concert by Alberto Portugheis
Featured Event: Alberto Portugheis with the London Concert Sinfonia
We are delighted to announce that on Sunday 13th July 2025, internationally acclaimed pianist Alberto Portugheis will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488, a work considered one of the most sublime ever composed. The renowned London Concert Sinfonia, under the baton of distinguished conductor George Hlawiczka, will partner with him in this performance.
The evening opens with a rare gem: Mozart’s concert aria Ch’io mi scordi di te, K.505, written for soprano, piano, and orchestra. Marion Wilmann, celebrated for the richness of her voice and dramatic presence, will join Portugheis and the orchestra. This extraordinary work has been described by pianist Mitsuko Uchida as “the best aria that Mozart wrote.”
To conclude the programme, Maestro Hlawiczka will conduct the orchestra in Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5, Op. 82, a monumental and emotionally stirring work that remains one of the composer’s most enduring masterpieces.
The concert will be held at St. Stephen’s Church, Gloucester Road, London SW7 — a beautiful and atmospheric venue known for its superb acoustics and historic character.
Alberto Portugheis HUFUD humanity united for universal demilitarisation
Humanity United for Universal Demilitarisation
In a world full of challenges, HUFUD, founded by Alberto Portugheis, maintains a clear and constant message: we must achieve a demilitarised planet. Year after year, we strive to transform the war economy into a peace economy.
Our mission is clear:
- Economic Transformation: We propose creating alternative jobs for millions of people currently producing weapons, from bullets to warships.
- Universal Demilitarisation: We work to abolish Armed Forces worldwide, fostering global cooperation and peace.
HUFUD calls on humanity to unite in abolishing Armed Forces and building a future free from conflict. Alberto Portugheis’s vision is inspiring, appealing to unity and hope in a world where peace prevails.
Join us in this vital mission. Together, we can transform our world and ensure a peaceful future for all generations.
Be part of the change with HUFUD!
BIOGRAPHY
Foto:@María Diez
Pianist and pedagogue Alberto Portugheis was born in La Plata, Argentina, to parents of Russian and Rumanian descent. His international career began after winning First Prize at the Geneva Concours de Virtuosité. He performs in recitals, chamber music concerts and as soloist with major orchestras, including: Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Parisand Israel Sinfoniettas, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Sinfonica Nacional of Argentina, Filarmonica of Buenos Aires. His annual Steinway Masterclasses are now legendary.
Alberto Portugheis’s repertoire includes music from the baroque to contemporary, with several composers writing specially for him. His acclaimed recordings include: 4 Chopin Ballades, Alfred Nieman 2nd Sonata, Ginastera complete piano music and chamber music with piano, Khachaturian Piano Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra, Khachaturian solo works, Rachmaninov and Shostakovitch cello and piano Sonatas with the cellist Gwyneth George, a CD dedicated to the piano music of Rossini. 2013 saw the release of a double CD with The Complete Piano Works by Spanish composer Elena Romero, a CD of music by Bach and Dinu Lipatti, partnered by Italian pianist Stefano Greco and the Youth Orchestra of León, Spain, conducted by Georgina Sánchez.
Alberto Portugheis is a founder member and former vice-chairman of the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe, vice-president of the European Piano Teachers’ Association and founder of the Asociacion Latino-Americana de Pianistas Pedagogos.
Like his colleague and compatriot Daniel Barenboim, Alberto Portugheis dedicates much time and energy to campaign for lasting World Peace though the organisation he presides, Humanity United for Universal Demilitarisation (HUFUD | Honorary President: Martha Argerich). Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 and 2018 for his Peace work and proposals, Portugheis published two books, The Game of War and A Path to Peace, followed by $$$$$$s In Their Hearts
Works by Alberto Portugheis: From Piano Keys to Paper
An amazingly frank and authoritative analysis of problems facing the Middle East and conflict areas in the world. This new book from Alberto Portugheis demonstrates how avaricious finance lies at the heart of the weapons industry and war. It builds on his previous book, ‘The Game of War and a Path to Peace’, which explains how understanding the way words are used, could, through ‘education’, create a society that is free from war.’ Alberto Portugheis is an international concert pianist and peace campaigner. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 2008
Alberto Portugheis eloquently articulates, ‘The path to peace involves recognizing that those in power often have vested interests in conflict.’
Dear Ahed…: The Game of War and A Path to Peace.
(Buy here!)
Is a collection of radical, compassionate essays interspersed with letters to a Palestinian, Ahed Hussein, who has suffered greatly from the effects of war. The author, who has spent much time in the conflict areas of the world, demonstrates that through education and understanding the way words are used, a society could be created free from war. Alberto Portugheis, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008, explores how and why language is used to separate societies, and control and antagonize people. He demonstrates how educated and talented writers, with the assistance of psychologists and scientists who have great expertise in “mind control”, help politicians organize chaos, violence, and wars as they use techniques to create fear in the population so that they can offer protection. The book is dedicated to Ahed Hussein and to all people who are seeking Peace and Truth. This is the Peace Proposal the World is waiting for.
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