Martha Argerich

Martha Argerich ( born June 5, 1941 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine pianist.

Life and work

Argerich's maternal family had emigrated to Argentina because of her Jewish origin from the Russian Empire. There they lived in a settlement, which the Baron Hirsch had promoted.

Even as a child of three, she received the first lessons in Buenos Aires at the Italian - Argentine pianist and piano teacher Vicente Scaramuzza and debuted there in 1949 with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1. In 1955 she came with her family to Europe and continued her studies in Vienna with Friedrich Gulda. The Argentine president Juan Perón supported this decision by the fact that he gave her parents post at the Argentine Embassy in Vienna. In 1957 she won the First Prize at the International Piano Competition Ferruccio Busoni in Bolzano.

At the age of about twenty years, she fell into a life crisis, which meant that they completely withdrew from the concert business. It was only in 1964 succeeded, including also by the intervention of her teacher Stefan Askenase that they again showed themselves to the public. In 1965 she became world famous by winning the first prize at the International Chopin Competition.

Since about 2004, they concentrated more on chamber music. It also does not occur for a long time alone in the context of a piano recital, but as a soloist in piano concertos or with other musicians such as Nelson Freire, Gabriela Montero, Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky, Mauricio Vallina or its longtime duo partner Lilya Zilberstein.

It is engaged in the promotion of young piano talents and participates as a juror at major competitions. So it was a long time member of the jury of the Chopin Competition, in which she made in 1980 caused a sensation, as Ivo Pogorelich - which she described as genius - after the third round was eliminated and she then refused in protest to continue the jury to belong.

In 2005 she was awarded the Praemium Imperiale, the "Nobel Prize of the Arts ".

In 2002, under the direction of Georges Gachot was a documentary about it, another published their daughter Stephanie in 2013.

Piano Art

Argerich is known for her spirited game.

Many of their interpretations have become legendary; including the Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor by Rachmaninov or the Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor by Tchaikovsky.

Recordings (excerpt)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 ( 1949th Edicion Documento, IRCO 285)
  • Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor. ( 1952. Edicion Documento, IRCO 285)
  • Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op 15, Kreisleriana Opus 16, Piano Sonata in G minor, Op 22
  • Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto. Charles Dutoit ( 1959. Edicion Documento, IRCO 275 )
  • Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1. Charles Dutoit. ( 1959. Edicion Documento, IRCO 275 )
  • Chopin: Preludes Op 28, Piano Sonata in B flat minor, Op 35
  • Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor. With the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit line.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata BWV 911 - Partita BWV 826 - English Suite BWV 807
  • The Legendary 1965 Recording.
  • Brahms / Rachmaninov: Music for two pianos.
  • Serge Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C major, Op 26 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly. 1982

Documentary

  • Georges Gachot: Martha Argerich, conversation nocturne. Idéale Audience, ARTE France, BR, 2002 ( German Title: Martha Argerich, night call)
  • Stéphanie Argerich: Argerich: A Daughter 's View. CH, 2012.
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