College of Fine Arts piano professor Maria Clodes-Jaguaribe captivated an audience of about 100 people on Thursday night with her annual piano performance at the Boston University Tsai Performance Center.

Clodes-Jaguaribe is currently recording a compact disc of solo piano works of Robert Schumann, which is her fifth CD. Her performance on Thursday consisted of works from Schumann, Bach, Beethoven and Villa-Lobos.

The audience included both current and former students of the BU music instructor, as well as friends and area residents.

‘She’s my piano teacher, but I would have seen her anyway,’ said Anthony Green, a College of Fine Arts sophomore. ‘I hear her heart in all her pieces.’

Another attendee, Xinyu Ji, said that he was most excited about hearing the piece by Bach.

‘It’s not that avant-garde,’ he said. ‘It’s quite a traditional classic.’

Karen Anderson-Bartel, a former student of Clodes-Jaguaribe’s who received a bachelor’s and master’s degree from BU in 1981 and 1984, said before the performance she was looking forward to the piano as the sole instrument played.

‘I’m excited that it’s just piano, and I know all the pieces,’ Anderson-Bartel said.

The quiet anticipation in the room prior to the performance turned into an outburst of applause as Clodes-Jaguaribe entered the stage and began with Bach’s ‘English Suite in A Minor.’ The audience remained mesmerized as she moved on to Beethoven’s ‘Sonata in E-flat Major’ and finished the first half of the performance by demonstrating her Brazilian pride with fellow Brazilian Villa-Lobos’ ‘Hommage á Chopin.’

After intermission, Clodes-Jaguaribe continued to awe her audience as her hands filled the air with sounds of Shumann’s ‘Arabesque in C Major’ and ‘Sonata in G Minor.’ The end of the performance evoked several rounds of applause and a standing ovation from the audience.

Fans ran up to the stage after the performance with bouquets of flowers, and some were at a loss of words to describe the performance.

‘She took me to another world full of peace, joy and excitement,’ said Soraya Rafiezadeh, who said this was the first time she had seen Clodes-Jaguaribe perform. ‘She’s a miracle the way she moved her hands over the keys was full of life.’

Clodes-Jaguaribe gave her first piano recital in her native country of Brazil at the age of six, according to the recital’s program. She has received many awards, including the Harriet Cohen Medal for the best young pianist of the year in London as well as the Martha Baird Rockefeller Award in New York.

After the performance, Clodes-Jaguaribe said she was happy with how the show went and the good communication she had with the audience. She said the piano is a ‘rich instrument’ because it is ‘full of possibilities.’

During her last piece, Clodes-Jaguaribe delivered a short encore to satisfy her eager audience. As the last note hung in the air, she flashed a warm smile to the audience before exiting the stage.