Guiomar Novaës

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Images

Read Next

the Beatles. Publicity still from Help! (1965) directed by Richard Lester starring The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) a British musical quartet. film rock music movie

What's the Difference Between Tempo and Rhythm?

Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)

What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments

10 Classical Music Composers to Know

The last big concert of Jimi Hendrix before he died in London was in Germany on the isle of Fehmarn 6th of September 1970. The festival was called Love-and-Peace-Festival.

Is 27 an Especially Deadly Age for Musicians?

Old broken disused piano with damaged keys

Is the Piano a Percussion or a Stringed Instrument?

Discover

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)

6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?

The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain

20 Paintings You Have to Visit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid

Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

Stylish light blue jeans on wooden background, closeup of inset pocket

Why Do Jeans Have That Tiny Pocket?

Guiomar Novaës

Brazilian musician

Also known as: Guiomar Novaës Pinto

Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Article History

Quick Facts

In full:: Guiomar Novaës Pinto

Born:: Feb. 28, 1896, São João da Boã Vista, Brazil

Died:: March 7, 1979, São Paulo (aged 83)

See all related content

Guiomar Novaës (born Feb. 28, 1896, São João da Boã Vista, Brazil—died March 7, 1979, São Paulo) was a Brazilian pianist known especially for her interpretations of works by Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann.

After early studies in São Paulo with Luigi Chiafarelli, Novaës was sent by the Brazilian government to the Paris Conservatory, where she took first place in the entrance examinations (1909). There she studied with Isidor Philipp, graduating with a first prize in 1911. Acclaimed at her debuts in Paris (1911), London (1912), and New York City (1915), she enjoyed a concert career of more than 50 years. She championed the works of Brazilian composers, including those of her husband, Octavio Pinto. Her graceful, poetic, and intensely lyrical style is shown to full advantage on only a few of the many recordings she made after the early 1920s.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.