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Michael Ponti
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1937-10-29
- Active to
- 2022-10-17
pianist
Discography
- Concerto pour piano et orchestre no. 2
- Songs1976
- Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H / Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen / Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel, op. 241990
- The Romantic Piano Concerto, Volume 21992
- Solo Piano Music, Volume 11994
- Klaviersonaten-Zyklus1995
- Les deux Trios2000
- Complete Piano Music2002
- Complete Sonatas2002
- Symphony No. 4, Op. 54 "The Poem of Ecstasy" / Symphony No. 5, Op. 60 "The Poem of Fire: Prometheus" / Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor, Op. 202011
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12,879
- Total plays
- 84,622
Tags
pianoclassicgermanywestern classical musicclassical peppermint
Michael Ponti (October 29, 1937 at Freiburg im Breisgau): pianist. Michael Ponti was born in Germany, and studied piano in Washington DC with Gilmour McDonald from 1942–1955 and then with Eric Flinsch in Frankfurt am Main from 1955–1961. In 1964 he won first prize in the Busoni-Wettbewerb. Ponti is remembered fondly by a generation of music lovers for his wide-ranging recordings of the unknown romantic repertoire. He recorded a series of concertos <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Pon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Freiburg im Breisgau
- Place of death
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Occupation
- pianist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1937-10-29
- date of death
- 2022-10-17
- birth name
- Michael Orrin Karl Ponti
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