Roberto Szidon (21 September 1941 – 21 December 2011) was a Brazilian classical pianist who had an international performing and recording career, and settled in Germany.
Other Villa-Lobos works in his discography were A fiandeira, Saudades dos selvas brasileiras, New York Skyline (1957 version), Carnaval dos crianças, A lenda do caboclo, Suite floral, Op.
[8] He also recorded the works of other Brazilian composers such as Ernesto Nazareth, Francisco Mignone and Chiquinha Gonzaga.
Szidon also recorded Frédéric Chopin's 4 Scherzos and 4 Impromptus (Deutsche Grammophon LP 536 378), Sergei Rachmaninoff's 2nd Sonata, Sergei Prokofiev's 6th Sonata,[9] as well as Charles Ives's "Concord Sonata", Edward MacDowell's Second Concerto and Gershwin's Concerto in F.[10] He frequently performed and recorded chamber music with violinist Jenny Abel, and recorded with Thomas Quasthoff Schumann's Dichterliebe, Liederkreis, Op.
Szidon died in December 2011, in Düsseldorf, Germany, of a heart attack, aged 70.