Biography
Highlights from the 2010/11 season included her debuts with the Simón Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz we well as recitals throughout South America and the UK. Upcoming engagements include recitals at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, throughout France and on tour in South Africa as well as performances with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias and Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice.
Cristina Ortiz’s natural musicality, masterful craftsmanship and timeless commitment to refined playing have ensured her a place among the world’s most respected pianists. Throughout her extensive career she has performed with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, and the Chicago Symphony, Philharmonia and Royal Concertgebouw orchestras amongst many others. She has collaborated with conductors such as Neeme Järvi, Mariss Jansons, Kurt Masur, André Previn and David Zinman.
Reviews
"Ortiz is a joy to watch: I know few pianists who project more obvious pleasure in performance, and her animation (though extreme and running to ecstatic, smiling commentaries on how the orchestra is doing) isn't phoney. All her vigour seems to come out of the music (and get given back to it) with what appears to be enormous generosity of soul. And despite the extravagance of gesture she remains a sharply focussed player: keen, alert and with exact articulation." (Michael White, August 2010)
“Ortiz is a spontaneous improviser, an unpredictable lioness of the piano; powerful player but one who hugs or caresses her instrument at will.” (Wprost, February 2010)
“Ortiz in particular is memorably sensitive to Fauré’s subtle and intricate piano writing.” (Gramophone, February 2009)
Sample discography
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