Cecilia Pillado
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Cecilia Pillado is an Italian Argentine
film television and stage actor
, a classical pianist and a composer
.
. It was through the Goethe Institute that she arrived in Germany, where she completed her drama and music studies at the Berlin University of the Arts
with a scholarship from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
.
Until today she works in those both areas of the Performing Arts
. As an artist
, she is equally interested in solo piano performances, chamber music, composition and theatrical appearances in film, television and stage.
and participated on the side in various productions of the Independent "Latin-American Theater Berlin" under the direction of her fellow countryman Emilio Schechtmann.
After a few on-screen appearances she decided to perfect the art of film
and TV acting
and went to Los Angeles in 1998 to study with some of the leading acting coaches such as M. K. Lewis and Margie Harber, among others. Returning to Germany in 2000, she was able to gain entry into the German television and film industry
. Since then she has frequently appeared in soap operas, TV series, TV movies and feature films.
, Leon Fleisher
, Maria Curcio
and Paul Badura-Skoda
. She studied Composition with Witold Szalonek and completed her classical preparation with Jazz Improvisation seminars by Walter Norris
Her artistic development has been guided by the intensive study of Sergiu Celibidache
's Phenomenology (philosophy) of Music. She also credits her long professional and personal association with renowned pianist Martha Argerich
, as well as the frequent contact with directors Claudio Abbado
and Daniel Barenboim
, as seminal influences in her professional growth.
She has won a number of prizes and awards (among others the “Teresa Carreño
” Prize in Venezuela
), and has performed in the United States, Europe, South American and Asia at renowned concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonie and Konzerthaus Berlin
, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Sala Verdi in Mailand
, Teatro Comunale Bologna, Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., the Music Hall at the University of Miami
, the Arnold Schönberg Center
at UCLA, and other notable venues.
She has appeared as a soloist with many international orchestras, and played chamber music with members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
, the Kammermusikpodium, and the Italian Ensemble Novecento. She also has been invited to participate in numerous festivals.
She gives Argentine music a central place in her performing repertoire, and in her recordings. The collection of CDs offers an interesting selection of argentinian composers such as Ariel Ramírez
, Alberto Ginastera
, Ástor Piazzolla
, Carlos Guastavino
, as well as her own compositions.
Her own tango arrangements combine classic virtuosity and a big pianistic sound with elements of improvisational freedom.
Italian Argentine
An Italian Argentine is a person born in Argentina of Italian ancestry. It is estimated up to 25 million Argentines have some degree of Italian descent...
film television and stage actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, a classical pianist and a composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
.
Biography
As a young adult she was a member of the Goethe Institute Mendoza Theatre Company, directed by Gladys Ravalle, while pursuing her studies in music at the National University of CuyoNational University of Cuyo
The National University of Cuyo is the largest center of higher education in the province of Mendoza, Argentina....
. It was through the Goethe Institute that she arrived in Germany, where she completed her drama and music studies at the Berlin University of the Arts
Berlin University of the Arts
The Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK is a public art school in Berlin, Germany, one of the four universities in the city...
with a scholarship from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Friedrich Naumann Foundation
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is a German foundation for liberal politics, related to the Free Democratic Party. Established in 1958 by Theodor Heuss, the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany, it promotes individual freedom and liberalism.The Foundation follows the ideals of the...
.
Until today she works in those both areas of the Performing Arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
. As an artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, she is equally interested in solo piano performances, chamber music, composition and theatrical appearances in film, television and stage.
Cecilia Pillado - The Actress
It was through the Goethe Institute that she arrived in Germany, where she completed her drama and music studies at the Berlin University of the ArtsBerlin University of the Arts
The Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK is a public art school in Berlin, Germany, one of the four universities in the city...
and participated on the side in various productions of the Independent "Latin-American Theater Berlin" under the direction of her fellow countryman Emilio Schechtmann.
After a few on-screen appearances she decided to perfect the art of film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and TV acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
and went to Los Angeles in 1998 to study with some of the leading acting coaches such as M. K. Lewis and Margie Harber, among others. Returning to Germany in 2000, she was able to gain entry into the German television and film industry
Film industry
The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film crew...
. Since then she has frequently appeared in soap operas, TV series, TV movies and feature films.
Filmography (Selection)
- The Ghost Writer (film) (2010)
- Der Gründer (Film - 2010)
- Lotta & die alten Eisen (TV-Movie - 2010)
- Die Unbeweglihkeit der Dinge (Film - 2009)
- Eine kleine Anekdote (Film - 2008)
- Löwenzahn (TV - 2007)
- Italienisch! (Film - 2006)
- Ein Fall für zweiEin Fall für ZweiEin Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on the broadcasting corporation ZDF. The series, which is situated in Frankfurt am Main, shows two main characters, a defense attorney and a private investigator, who solve crimes.The character of the private...
(TV - 2005) - SK KölschSK KölschSK Kölsch is a German television series....
(TV - 2004) - Richter Alexander Hold (TV - 2002)
- Denninger (TV - 2001)
- Gute Zeiten, schlechte ZeitenGute Zeiten, schlechte ZeitenGute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten is a German television soap opera.In 1990, the first commercial channel in the Netherlands, RTL 4 had a spectacular ratings success with its soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, a remake of the Australian soap-opera The Restless Years...
(TV - 2000) - Sin quererSin Querer"Sin Querer" is the first single off Ednita Nazario's album Soy, produced by Sebastian Krys. "Sin Querer" was officially released on radio stations and via Ednita's official MySpace page on Thursday, September 24, 2009...
(Film - 1997) - Wo ist das Tao? (Film - 1988)
Cecilia Pillado - The Pianist
She also continued advanced studies at the “Mozarteum” in Salzburg and participated in master courses directed by Hans Leygraf, György SebökGyorgy Sebok
György Sebők was an internationally renowned pianist and Distinguished Professor at the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington USA....
, Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher is an American pianist and conductor.-Early life and studies:Fleisher was born in San Francisco, where he started studying the piano at age four...
, Maria Curcio
Maria Curcio
Maria Curcio was an Italian classical pianist who became renowned as a greatly influential and sought-after teacher. Her students included Martha Argerich, Radu Lupu, Dame Mitsuko Uchida, Leon Fleisher and Geoffrey Tozer...
and Paul Badura-Skoda
Paul Badura-Skoda
Paul Badura-Skoda is an Austrian pianist.He won first prize in the Austrian Music Competition in 1947. In 1949, he performed with distinguished conductors like Wilhelm Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan...
. She studied Composition with Witold Szalonek and completed her classical preparation with Jazz Improvisation seminars by Walter Norris
Walter Norris
Walter Norris was an American pianist and composer. -Early life & career:Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 27, 1931, Norris first studied piano at home with his mother, then with John Summers, a local church organist...
Her artistic development has been guided by the intensive study of Sergiu Celibidache
Sergiu Celibidache
- Biography :Celibidache was born in Roman, Romania, and began his studies in music with the piano, after which he studied music, philosophy and mathematics in Bucharest, Romania and then in Paris...
's Phenomenology (philosophy) of Music. She also credits her long professional and personal association with renowned pianist Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three...
, as well as the frequent contact with directors Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , is an Italian conductor. He has served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Vienna State Opera,...
and Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim, KBE is an Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor. He has served as music director of several major symphonic and operatic orchestras and made numerous recordings....
, as seminal influences in her professional growth.
She has won a number of prizes and awards (among others the “Teresa Carreño
Teresa Carreño
María Teresa Carreño García de Sena was a Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor.Born into a musical family, she was at first taught by her father, then by Mathias, Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Anton Rubinstein and her talent was recognized at an early age...
” Prize in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
), and has performed in the United States, Europe, South American and Asia at renowned concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonie and Konzerthaus Berlin
Konzerthaus Berlin
The Konzerthaus Berlin is a concert hall situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of Berlin housing the German orchestra Konzerthausorchester Berlin...
, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Sala Verdi in Mailand
Mailand
Mailand may refer to:*Milan, Mailand in German*Mailand, Shetland is a hamlet on Unst, one of the Shetland Islands...
, Teatro Comunale Bologna, Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., the Music Hall at the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
, the Arnold Schönberg Center
Arnold Schönberg Center
The Arnold Schönberg Center, established in 1998 in Vienna, is a unique repository of Arnold Schönberg's archival legacy and a cultural center that is open to the public.-Activities:...
at UCLA, and other notable venues.
She has appeared as a soloist with many international orchestras, and played chamber music with members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The Berlin Philharmonic, German: , formerly Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester , is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of "top ten European Orchestras", after the Vienna Philharmonic and the...
, the Kammermusikpodium, and the Italian Ensemble Novecento. She also has been invited to participate in numerous festivals.
She gives Argentine music a central place in her performing repertoire, and in her recordings. The collection of CDs offers an interesting selection of argentinian composers such as Ariel Ramírez
Ariel Ramirez
Ariel Ramírez was an Argentine composer, pianist and music director. He was considered "a chief exponent of Argentine folk music" and noted for his "iconic" musical compositions....
, Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...
, Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Piazzolla
Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...
, Carlos Guastavino
Carlos Guastavino
Carlos Guastavino was an Argentine composer.Carlos Guastavino was born in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He studied music in Santa Fe with Esperanza Lothringer and Dominga Iaffei, and in Buenos Aires with Athos Palma...
, as well as her own compositions.
Her own tango arrangements combine classic virtuosity and a big pianistic sound with elements of improvisational freedom.
External links
- Cecilia Pillado at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...