Arthur Lima

Arthur Moreira Lima (born July 16, 1940, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian classical pianist. Arthur began learning the piano at the age of six and when he was nine he was already playing a Mozart piano concerto in public. He achieved international prominence after taking second place in the 1965 International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (with Martha Argerich taking first place). At the Chopin Competition he took two additional prizes: public favourite and best sonata.