In the summer of 1885 he went to Weimar to attend the masterclasses of Franz Liszt, an experience he would treasure for the rest of his life. He rapidly earned an enviable reputation as a pianist in Berlin, frequently performing with that city’s Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as becoming a highly sought-after pedagogue, musicologist and conductor. Later, while a lodger at Frau Margarethe Lemke’s, he felt that his tuition at the Conservatory was unproductive, and he decided instead to pursue his studies with Professor Karl Schäffer. The titular King of Portugal, Fernando II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and the Countess of Edla, interested in guiding his precocious talent, awarded the young Vianna da Motta a scholarship in 1882 to study in Berlin at the Scharwenka Conservatory.
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