Switzerland in Northern Brazil

Diário do Pará, the largest newspaper in the northern region of Brazil, based in Belém, Pará.

Its Sunday edition of 24 November 1985 carried a review of Liszt volume 5 (Années de Pèlerinage: Suisse S.160) for Decca.

Quando certa vez perguntei a Hélio Gaspar, o excelente pianista paraense, qual o pianista da atualidade que lhe causava mais admiração, ele respondeu sem pestanejar: o cu- bano Jorge Bolet. E arrematou: gostaria de tocar como ele.

Quem sou eu para contradizer o Helinho... ?

'When I once asked Hélio Gaspar, the excellent pianist from Pará, which contemporary pianist he admired most, he answered without hesitation: the Cuban Jorge Bolet. And he concluded: I would like to play like him.

'Who am I to contradict Helinho...?'

(JOSÉ OTÁVIO FIGUEIREDO)