Background
ORTIZ, Cristina was born on April 17, 1950 in Bahia, Brazil. Daughter of Silverio M. Ortiz and Moema F. Ortiz.
ORTIZ, Cristina was born on April 17, 1950 in Bahia, Brazil. Daughter of Silverio M. Ortiz and Moema F. Ortiz.
Conservatbrio Brasilieiro de Musica, Rio de Janeiro, Academy Institute de Piano (with Magda Tagliaferro), Paris and Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia (with Rudolph Serkin).
Born in Bahia, Brazil, Cristina Ortiz began her studies in her home country before moving to France with Magda Tagliaferro. She continued her training with Rudolf Serkin in Philadelphia at the Curtis Institute of Music and later moved to London, where she currently lives. Cristina Ortiz has performed in most of the major concert halls around the world and invited to be soloist by the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Valencia Orchestra, Icelandic Symphony Orchestra and the Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Symphony Orchestra among others, with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Neeme Järvi, Mariss Jansons and David Zinman.
Ortiz has recorded for Electric and Music Industries, Decca, Collins Classics, and Intrada, and given master classes at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Juilliard School in New New York
They have two daughters.
Married Jasper West. Parrott in 1974.