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Martha Argerich
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Martha Argerich is an Argentine-Swiss pianist born in Buenos Aires in 1941. She began her work period in 1945 and performs classical music. Her native language is Spanish, and she also speaks French, English, and Italian. Argerich has studied under Vincenzo Scaramuzza, Friedrich Gulda, and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. She is associated with record labels including Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Philips Records, and EMI Classics.
Argerich has received the Praemium Imperiale, the Geneva International Music Competition award, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts. She participated in the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, the Geneva International Music Competition, and the Athens Epidaurus Festival. Her notable relationships include her spouse Charles Dutoit, unmarried partner Stephen Kovacevich, and significant persons Nelson Freire and Daniel Barenboim. She resides in Geneva and has been diagnosed with melanoma.
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Film & TV
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Known for
- Martha Argerich, Gautier and Renaud Capuçon - Verbier Festival — Self - piano2025
- Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Martha Argerich, Boian Videnoff - Mannheimer Philharmoniker — Soloist2025
- Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in Buenos Aires - Great Moments of Music2025
- Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim à Buenos Aires - Le Documentaire2025
- The Legacy of Seiji Ozawa — piano2024
- Ion Marin conducts Beethoven With Martha Argerich2024
- Vienna Philharmonic The Exclusive Subscription Concert Series - Zubin Mehta & Martha Argerich — Self - Piano2022
- Sophie Pacini & Martha Argerich: New Year's Impressions from Vienna — Self - piano2022
- Martha Argerich - Chopin — Performers2021
- A Romantic Take - Live from the Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin2021
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Argentina
- Active from
- 1941
Discography
- ベートーヴェン・ハイドン ピアノ協奏曲1983
- <英雄ポロネーズ・ショパン・ピアノ・リサイタル> アルゲリッチ1989
- Duo Piano Extravaganza1995
- Martha Argerich Collection, Volume 1: Concertos1997
- Martha Argerich Collection, Volume 3: Solo Works & Works for Piano Duo1997
- Für Elise: Romantische Klavierstücke1998
- Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 2: Martha Argerich I1998
- Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 3: Martha Argerich II1999
- Rachmaninoff: Suite Op. 17, No. 2 / Ravel: “La Valse” / Lutosławski: Paganini Variations1999
- Live from the Concertgebouw: 1978 & 19792000
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 152,757
- Total plays
- 2,105,974
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Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is a concert pianist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her aversion to the press and publicity has resulted in her remaining out of the limelight for most of her career. She has given relatively few interviews. As a result, she may not be as well known as other pianists of similar caliber. Despite this, she is widely recognized as one of the greatest piano virtuosos of our time. Martha Argerich was born in Buenos Aires. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Martha+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Martha
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Buenos Aires
- Spouse
- Charles Dutoit
- Occupation
- pianist
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Spanish
- Participant in
- Athens Epidaurus Festival
- Student of
- Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Warner Classics
- Image
- Martha Argerich en el Centro Cultural Kirchner - 19788929535.jpg
- Residence
- Geneva
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- Martha Argerich
- date of birth
- 1941-06-05
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- name in native language
- Martha Argerich
- significant person
- Daniel Barenboim
- unmarried partner
- Stephen Kovacevich
- medical condition
- melanoma
- social media followers
- 45500
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Encyclopedic overview
Martha Argerich (Argentine Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾta aɾxeˈɾitʃ]; Eastern Catalan: [əɾʒəˈɾik]; born 5 June 1941) is an Argentine classical concert pianist. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest living pianists.
Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argerich gave her debut concert at the age of eight before receiving further piano training in Europe. At sixteen, she won both the Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition, and her international career was launched after winning the International Chopin Piano Competition in 1965. Since the 1980s, she has prioritized collaborative performance, appearing frequently with artists including Nelson Freire, Mischa Maisky, and Gidon Kremer. Argerich is particularly known for her interpretations of the works by composers such as Chopin, Ravel, Liszt, Prokofiev, and Schumann.
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