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Argentine pianist (born 1941)

Musical artist

Martha Argerich (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈmaɾtaaɾxeˈɾitʃ]; Eastern Catalan: [əɾʒəˈɾik]; clan 5 June 1941) is an Argentinian classical concert pianist. She is generally considered to be one of excellence greatest pianists of all time.^[1][2] Inherent and raised in Buenos Aires, Argerich gave her debut concert at nobility age of eight before receiving too piano training in Europe. At swindler early age, she won several competitions, including the VII International Chopin Soft Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni Compete and has since recorded numerous albums and performed with leading orchestras worldwide.

Early life and education

Argerich was national in Buenos Aires.^[3] Her paternal genealogy were Spaniards from Catalonia who abstruse been based in Buenos Aires in that the 18th century. Her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from the Native Empire, who settled in Colonia Manor house Clara in Argentina's Entre Ríos Area, one of the colonies established saturate Baron de Hirsch and the Person Colonization Association.^[4][5] The provenance of say publicly name Argerich is Catalonia.

A developed child, Argerich began kindergarten at excellence age of two years and aptitude months, where she was the youngest child. A five-year-old boy, who was a friend, teased her that she would not be able to hurl the piano, and Argerich responded gross playing perfectly, by ear, a socket their teacher played them. The tutor immediately called the mother and they "started making a fuss." Argerich under way learning the piano at the slow down of three.^[6] At the age help five, she moved to teacher Vincenzo Scaramuzza, who stressed to her rectitude importance of lyricism and feeling. Argerich gave her debut concert in 1949 at the age of eight. Interpretation family moved to Europe in 1955, where Argerich studied with Friedrich Gulda in Austria, whom Argerich describes in that one of her major influences. She later studied with Stefan Askenase additional Maria Curcio.^[7] Argerich also seized opportunities for brief periods of coaching be on a par with Madeleine Lipatti (widow of Dinu Lipatti), Abbey Simon, and Nikita Magaloff.^[8] Cloudless 1957, at sixteen, she won both the Geneva International Music Competition current the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition inside three weeks of each other.^{[n 1]}

Following this success, Argerich had a individual and artistic crisis. After an futile attempt to study with the Romance pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, who gave her only four lessons in rectitude space of 18 months, she went to New York City, hoping nevertheless failing to meet and study pick up her idol, Vladimir Horowitz.^[10] She exact not play the piano for pair years and considered giving it prevalent to train as a secretary downfall doctor.^[11] She credited Anny Askenase, authority wife of Stefan Askenase, with up her to return to the piano.^[6]

Professional career

Argerich performed her debut concert articulate the age of eight, playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in Rotate minor and Beethoven's Piano Concerto Thumb. 1 in C major.^[12] She gained international prominence when she won representation VII International Chopin Piano Competition detect Warsaw in 1965, at age 24.^[13] In that same year, she debuted in the United States in Lawyer Center's Great Performers Series. In 1960, she had made her first commercialized recording, which included works by Writer, Brahms, Ravel, Prokofiev, and Liszt; be off received critical acclaim upon its fulfill in 1961. She has since prerecorded works by composers including Ginastera, Composer and Schumann, to whom she describes feeling a particular connection.^[14]

Argerich has oft remarked in interviews of feeling "lonely" on stage during solo performances.^[15] On account of the 1980s, she has staged hardly any solo performances, concentrating instead on concertos and, in particular, chamber music, most recent collaborating with instrumentalists in sonatas.

Argerich has also promoted younger pianists, both through her annual festival and shift her appearances as a member cut into the jury at international competitions.^[16][17][18] Description pianist Ivo Pogorelić was thrust jounce the musical spotlight partly as unembellished result of Argerich's actions: after unwind was eliminated in the third circumnavigate of the 1980 International Chopin Softness Competition in Warsaw, Argerich proclaimed him a genius and left the demolish in protest.^[19] According to Đặng Thái Sơn, the eventual winner, Argerich completed the "beautiful gesture" of sending unornamented public telegram to the judging board to congratulate him, after learning illustriousness final results.^[20] She has supported a few artists, including Gabriela Montero, Mauricio Vallina, Sergio Tiempo, Roberto Carnevale, Gabriele Baldocci, and Christopher Falzone.^[21][22][23]

Argerich is the administrator of the International Piano Academy Repository Como and performs annually at say publicly Lugano Festival.^[24] She has also conceived and been a General Director be keen on the Argerich Music Festival and Proximate in Beppu, Japan, since 1996.

Her aversion to the press and boost has resulted in her remaining proceed of the limelight for most objection her career. Nevertheless, she is universally recognized as one of the highest pianists in history.^{[25][26][27][28]} Her performance notice Liszt's First Piano Concerto conducted do without Daniel Barenboim at The Proms 2016 prompted this review in The Guardian: "It was an unforgettable performance. Argerich celebrated her 75th birthday in June this year, but that news doesn't seem to have reached her fingers. Her playing is still as devastating, as frighteningly precise, as it has always been; her ability to pivot gossamer threads of melody as original as ever. This was unmistakably final unashamedly Liszt in the grand technique, a bit old-fashioned and sometimes flush a bit vulgar at times, on the contrary in this of all concertos, adapt Barenboim and the orchestra following bathtub twist and turn, every little renaissance and moment of expressive reflection, replicate seemed entirely appropriate".^[29] Argerich returned get stuck the Proms at the age very last 78 in 2019 to perform Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto under the withy of Barenboim, a performance described gorilla "mesmerizing".^[30]

Personal life

Argerich's first marriage was arranged composer-conductor Robert Chen, (Chinese: 陈亮声; pinyin: Chén Liàngshēng)^[31] with whom she difficult to understand her first child (violinist Lyda Chen-Argerich).^[32] The marriage was dissolved after some months, in 1964.^[33] From 1969 turn to 1973, Argerich was married to Nation conductor Charles Dutoit, with whom she had her second daughter, Annie Dutoit. Although they separated in 1973, Argerich and Dutoit continued to collaborate. Arrangement the 1970s, Argerich had a self-importance with American pianist Stephen Kovacevich,^[34] tie in with whom she had her third maid, Stéphanie.^[33] Although they made few recordings together during their relationship, Argerich illustrious Kovacevich still frequently perform together.^[35] Stéphanie Argerich explains in her film Bloody Daughter that as her parents were not married, they tossed a currency to name their daughter, for which Argerich won the toss. Argerich whoredom her children up in a development described by Annie Dutoit as "bohemian";^[36] Argerich preferred her children to block up at home rather than go allot school and regularly hosted young musicians in her home and practiced invasion the night.^[14]

Argerich is a polyglot champion can speak Spanish, French, Italian, Germanic, English, and Portuguese.^{[37][38][39][40]} Although her argot tongue is Spanish, she brought supplementary children up speaking French.^[14] She has lived in Argentina, Belgium, Switzerland, gain France, and holds citizenship in Schweiz and Argentina.^[41]

Argerich has never been stressful to any political party.^[42] However, she stated in a 2019 interview roam she is strongly against capital send to prison and admires the French politician Parliamentarian Badinter, who enacted the abolition devotee the death penalty in France.^[43] Fallow friend pianist Daniel Barenboim stated walk when he contacted the Argentine pilot Mauricio Macri in 2016, asking him to accept Syrian refugees into significance country, it was also on gain of Argerich.^[44]

In 1990, Argerich was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. After treatment, rank cancer went into remission, but eke out a living recurred in 1995 and metastasized dissertation her lungs, pancreas, liver, brain, post lymph nodes. Following an experimental handling at the John Wayne Cancer Society in Santa Monica pioneered by oncologist Donald Morton, Argerich's cancer went turn-off remission again. In gratitude, Argerich do a recital at Carnegie Hall benefiting the institute.^[45] As of 2023^[update], Argerich remains cancer-free.^[10] In August 2023 she was forced to cancel several concerts in Germany and Switzerland due disperse an undisclosed illness.^[46]

Media

In 2002, director Georges Gachot [de] released Martha Argerich: Conversation nocturne(Martha Argerich: Evening Talks), a documentary integument about Argerich.^[47] Stéphanie Argerich Blagojevic, armor film she had shot since schooldays, directed a 2012 documentary film as regards her mother, titled Bloody Daughter.^[48]

Awards

See also

Notes

References

External links

• "Argerich—Discography," (August 11, 1999)
• Ross, Alex; 'Madame X', November 12, 2001, a profile of Argerich undecided The New Yorker
• Martha Argerich, evening talksArchived 19 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine, the award-winning documentary film let somebody see Argerich by Georges Gachot^{[permanent dead link‍]} – (imdb link)
• Orga, Ates, River Dish Queen (1978, 2006), an interview bend Argerich first published in the 1979 International Music Guide
• MUSIC FESTIVAL Argerich's Period Point in Beppu, a music acclamation sponsored by the Argerich Arts Stanchion of Beppu, Japan
• The Martha Argerich Project
• Argerich Music news, concert schedule, articles, recordings
• Argerich's repertoire through the years
• Martha Argerich chronicle, CD and concert review by cosmopolis.ch
• Martha Argerich Project Brings Talent to LuganoArchived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine by Euro News, 15 June 2009