The Echoes of a Lisztian Lineage Born in the vibrant landscape of Luanda, Angola, the life of José Carlos Sequeira Costa was destined to become a profound chapter in the history of the piano. His musical odyssey truly began at the tender age of eight when he moved to Lisbon, entering the orbit of the great José Vianna da Motta. This connection was far more than a simple apprenticeship; it was a direct inheritance of the Lisztian tradition, as Vianna da Motta stood as one of the final pupils of Franz Liszt himself. Through this mentorship, Sequeira Costa breathed life into the structural compl…