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Jean Louis Steuerman

Jean Louis Steuerman was born in Rio de Janeiro into a musical family. He began his studies at the age of four and made his début with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra when he was fourteen. He first came to Europe after winning a scholarship to the Naples Conservatory in 1967. He was a prize-winner at the 1972 J.S. Bach Competition in Leipzig and he quickly gained recognition throughout Europe as a soloist and recitalist. Solo appearances with orchestras have included collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra under Claudio Abbado, and the Royal Philharmonic under both Lord Menuhin, and under Vladimir Ashkenazy, with whom he played Britten’s Piano Concerto at the Athens Festival. He made his début at the BBC Promenade Concerts in 1985 to great critical acclaim when he played Bach’s Concerto in D minor with the Polish Chamber Orchestra. Other orchestral engagements have included concerts with the English Chamber, Hallé, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestras, and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta. He has appeared with the Leipzig Gewandhaus under Kurt Masur, the Basel Symphony with Heinz Holliger, the Helsinki Philharmonic, Zurich Tonhalle, Berlin Symphony, Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique and the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano. He has also performed with many American orchestras including appearances with the Florida Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He tours extensively throughout Europe, North America and Japan, appearing regularly in major recital series on both

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