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Sao Paulo honors Martins, "the representative of music on Earth"

Sao Paulo, Jun 16 (EFE), (Camera: Wallace Carvalho).- "He is a representative of music on Earth." This is how the theater director Jorge Takla defines the teacher and pianist Joao Carlos Martins, who, at the age of 80, has dedicated more than 70 to art and has become one of the main references of classical music in the world.FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF JOAO CARLOS MARTINS, MASTER AND PIANIST AND JORGE TAKLA, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CURATOR OF THE EXHIBITION (BOTH IN PORTUGUESE):TRANSLATION:MARTINS:- "THE TWO TIMES I HAD TO AWAY FROM MUSIC WAS DUE TO MY HEALTH".- "IT WAS LIKE I HAD A BURIED BODY IN MY CHEST AND THAT I GOT IT OFF WHEN I RETURNED TO THE MUSIC".- "I CANNOT DESCRIBE IN WORDS HIS ROLE IN MY LIFE, BUT I THINK I COULD DESCRIBE IT IN THE WAY HOW I PLAYED BACH".TAKLA:- "I BELIEVE HE IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF MUSIC ON EARTH".- "HE NEEDS MUSIC AS MUCH AS MUSIC NEEDS HIM TO STAY ALIVE".- "IT IS FANTASTIC THAT THE SAMPLE CAN EXIST AT THIS MOMENT. IT IS A BREATH OF HOPE, OF LIFE."