Ricardo Castro was born in Brazil in 1964. He studied with Esther Cardoso in Salvador de Bahla and had his first official piano performance at the age of eight. He moved to Europe in 1984, studying with Maria Tipo at the Geneva Conservatory and then working with various piano virtuosos, such as Dominique Merlet in Paris. He has been awarded numerous prizes, among them first prize at the International Piano Competition in Leeds in 1993. His concerts throughout Europe lead him frequently to Vienna, Hamburg, Geneva, Zurich, Munich, and London. He has performed with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in Japan and with Simon Rattle, as well as with the English Chamber Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in England.

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Ricardo Castro: piano
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Complete Nocturnes • Piano Concertos 1 & 2 • Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 • Sonata No. 3, Op. 58 • Valse Op. 64