Nelson Freire

Brazilian pianist (1944–2021)

Person Human Q783657

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: October 18, 1944
Date of death: November 1, 2021
Place of birth: Boa Esperança
Place of death: Rio de Janeiro
Country of citizenship: Brazil^[7]
Occupation: classical pianist, pianist
Field of work: performing arts, piano performance^[8]^[9]
Educated at: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna^[10]
Award received: Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil), Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Brazilian Music Awards^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Official website: www.nelsonfreire.com^[24]
Student of: Nise Obino, Lucia Branco, Bruno Seidlhofer^[25]^[26]^[27]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese^[30]
Birth name: Nelson José Pinto Freire^[31]
Described by source: BEIC Digital Library^[29]
Family name: Freire, Pinto^[20]^[21]
Given name: Nelson, José^[22]^[23]
Instrument: piano^[28]
Name in native language: Nelson José Pinto Freire^[32]
Record label: Columbia Records, Teldec, Decca, Philips Classics Records^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 64

ISNI: 0000000114876116
VIAF cluster ID: 10033249
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n84088602
GND ID: 124849792
Acharts.co artist ID: nelson_freire
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000796306
Apple Music artist ID: 4673670
AusStage person ID: 482204
Awards & Winners artist ID: 092nsn
BBC Things ID: b376d065-89fb-47c7-b086-13f81ec01f1b
BIBSYS ID: 2007863
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13894151z

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Carnegie Hall agent ID: 30240
CiNii Research ID: 1140563741555957120
DDB person (GND) ID: 124849792
Deezer artist ID: 67451
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 124849792
Dezède person ID: 27564
Discogs artist ID: 874560
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: nelson-freire
Europeana entity: agent/base/79653
FAST ID: 1461263
Freebase ID: /m/092nsn
GTAA ID: 257596
Geni profile ID: 6000000174668146045
Grammy Awards artist ID: nelson-freire/11508
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID: 14442
Grove Music Online ID: 10196
HAND ID: 7B4B-21B9-50A4-DDD9-0569
IMDb ID: nm1352549
IdRef ID: 084291702
J9U entity ID: 987007278513805171
JRC Names ID: 592896
Jaxsta profile ID: 2957e495-2860-4224-ae76-1710e7a2d889
Libraries Australia ID: 35690871
MusicBrainz artist ID: 8550716b-02e3-442d-bd6e-cd5d9e8a42d3
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000248546
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA04027326
NE.se ID: nelson-freire
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2009512317
NLA Trove people ID: 1044277
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000563754
NSK ID: 981005693064509366
NUKAT ID: n2007152358
National Library of Brazil ID: 000210202
National Library of Korea ID: KAC2020O8536
National Library of Latvia ID: 000117437
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:6mI;=BS
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810559538705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1130398
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070122482
Prabook ID: 2097920
RERO ID (legacy): A003262407
RILM ID: 11512
Radio France person ID: nelson-freire
SBN author ID: LO1V180784
Songkick artist ID: 467016
Spotify artist ID: 22jDZXnu8F1BNH63ujGkT3
TMDB person ID: 2483768
Tidal artist ID: 7136
Topic's main category: Wikidata item
UOM ID: 36530
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJbxB8mgg9Wf8tcth7gh73
Yale LUX ID: person/9f3d2eb2-5fb7-4be8-9858-2b520c3cedf4

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🔗 Connections

Award received 3

Knight of the Legion of Honour, Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil), Brazilian Music Awards

Record label 3

Columbia Records, Decca, Teldec

Given name 2

José, Nelson

Country of citizenship 1

Brazil

Described by source 1

BEIC Digital Library

Educated at 1

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Family name 1

Pinto

Field of work 1

performing arts

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

piano

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Portuguese

Occupation 1

pianist

Place of birth 1

Boa Esperança

Place of death 1

Rio de Janeiro

Sex or gender 1

male

Student of 1

Bruno Seidlhofer

← Mb:teacher 1

Bruno Seidlhofer

← Significant person 1

Martha Argerich

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Summary

Nelson Freire was born on October 18, 1944^[1], in Boa Esperança^[2]. He died on November 1, 2021^[3], in Rio de Janeiro^[4]. He worked as a classical pianist^[5] and pianist^[6].

FAQs

Where was Nelson Freire born?

Nelson Freire's place of birth was Boa Esperança^[2].

Where did Nelson Freire die?

Nelson Freire died in Rio de Janeiro^[4].

What did Nelson Freire do for work?

Nelson Freire worked as a classical pianist^[5] and pianist^[6].

Where did Nelson Freire go to school?

Nelson Freire was educated at University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna^[10].

What awards did Nelson Freire receive?

Honors received include Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)^[11], Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎^[12], Knight of the Legion of Honour^[13], and Brazilian Music Awards^[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Nelson Freire — place of birth (P19): Boa Esperança. The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-11-04. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Nelson Freire — place of death (P20): Rio de Janeiro. The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-11-04. francemusique.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Nelson Freire — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Nelson Freire — country of citizenship (P27): Brazil. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Nelson Freire — educated at (P69): University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Nelson Freire — field of work (P101): performing arts. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Nelson Freire — field of work (P101): piano performance. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Nelson Freire — occupation (P106): classical pianist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Nelson Freire — occupation (P106): pianist. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-15. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Nelson Freire — award received (P166): Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil). wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Nelson Freire — award received (P166): Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎. geza-anda.ch. geza-anda.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Nelson Freire — award received (P166): Knight of the Legion of Honour. geza-anda.ch. geza-anda.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Nelson Freire — award received (P166): Brazilian Music Awards. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Nelson Freire — record label (P264): Columbia Records. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Nelson Freire — record label (P264): Teldec. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Nelson Freire — record label (P264): Decca. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Nelson Freire — record label (P264): Philips Classics Records. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Nelson Freire — date of birth (P569): October 18, 1944. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-04. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Nelson Freire — date of death (P570): November 1, 2021. The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-11-04. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Nelson Freire — family name (P734): Freire. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Nelson Freire — family name (P734): Pinto. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Nelson Freire — given name (P735): Nelson. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Nelson Freire — given name (P735): José. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Nelson Freire — official website (P856): http://www.nelsonfreire.com. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Nelson Freire — student of (P1066): Nise Obino. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Nelson Freire — student of (P1066): Lucia Branco. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Nelson Freire — student of (P1066): Bruno Seidlhofer. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Nelson Freire — instrument (P1303): piano. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Nelson Freire — described by source (P1343): BEIC Digital Library. digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Nelson Freire — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Portuguese. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Nelson Freire — birth name (P1477): Nelson José Pinto Freire. The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-11-04. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Nelson Freire — name in native language (P1559): Nelson José Pinto Freire. The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-11-04. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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7d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 67451

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7d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 7136

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28d ago · AlphaLemur · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

AusStage person ID → 482204

"Created claim: AusStage person ID: 482204, Matched to Nelson Freire (#127349086) in AusStage person #"
11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → 7B4B-21B9-50A4-DDD9-0569

"Created claim: HAND ID: 7B4B-21B9-50A4-DDD9-0569, batch #269215"
24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Official website → http://www.nelsonfreire.com

Instrument → piano

Described by source → BEIC Digital Library

Family name → Freire, Pinto

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