In the years since Arnaldo Cohen came to the attention of the critics and public, the Brazilian born pianist has enjoyed an increasingly successfull career, which has taken him to the world's greatest concert halls. Mr Cohen started his musical studies at the age of five, graduating from the Federal University of Rio with an honours degree in piano and violin. After studying with Jacques Klein, Bruno Seidhofer and Dieter Weber, Cohen was awarded First Prize in the 1972 Busoni International Competition in Italy.