 Pires performed at the BBC Proms in 2010.In an interview beforehand, she said that after 60 years of recitals and concerts she had cut back her performances but was non-committal about retirement.From 2012 to 2016, she was a Master in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, Belgium, where she gave piano lessons and master classes to young talented pianists from all over the world.