Alberto Portugheis 80th Birthday Concert (Music Video of the Week)

Music Video of the Week, 30 Jan 2023

Alberto Portugheis | Pyanek – TRANSCEND Media Service

Mozart, Beethoven & Chopin

Pianist, pedagogue, peace activist and TRANSCEND Member Alberto Portugheis celebrates his 80 years on this planet performing masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.

These days his life is shared between music and his organization HUFUD (www.hufud.org), whose sole mission is the Abolition of Militarism.

Recorded on 11 Jun 2021 at St John’s Church, Notting Hill, London

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5z0Rg5q6wU
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791):

Sonata No.10, in C major, K.330 00:26 – Allegro moderato 07:20 – Andante cantabile 13:49 – Allegretto

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827):

Sonata No.15, in D major, Op.28 ‘Pastoral’ 19:54 – Allegro 31:10 – Andante 38:16 – Scherzo: Allegro vivace 40:39 – Allegro ma non troppo

FRYDERYK FRANCISZEK CHOPIN (1810-1849):

The Four Ballads 46:35 – No.1 in G minor, Op.23 58:12 – No.2 in F major, Op.38 1:07:20 – No.3 in A flat major, Op.47 1:16:42 – No.4 in F minor, Op.52 1:30:27 – Encore

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Alberto Portugheis is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment. By profession a concert pianist and pedagogue, he is an active peace campaigner, whose anti-military stance earned him a nomination for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. As a result, Portugheis wrote Dear Ahed…..The Game of War and a Path to Peace – a book that has received critical acclaim.  Another successful book followed: $$$$$s In Their Hearts. In 2015 he founded the Movement HUFUD-Humanity United For Universal Demilitarisation, which has many followers worldwide.  In 2018 HUFUD Latin America was born, based in Bogotá, Colombia and in 2020 HUFUD Africa was launched, based in Uganda.  In Portugheis’ writings, speeches, thoughts, ideas and reflections transpire his desire “to make people think” and not take for granted what they read or hear, “no matter where.”

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