The Eminent Portuguese pianist, pedagogue and composer, José Vianna da Motta, was born on April 22, 1868 in São Tomé Island, a Portuguese territory at the time where his father, also a great music amateur, had opened a pharmacy. His family returned to Mainland Portugal when he was a year old, and settled in Colares, near Sintra. His unusual talents for music received their first decisive stimulus. He studied first with local teacher, then attended the Conservatory of Music in Lisbon Read more on Last.fm