# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martha-argerich
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:48:19.860Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Buenos Aires on 5 June 1941, Argerich debuted at eight and left for Europe soon after to train seriously. At sixteen she took both the Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition, but it was the 1965 International Chopin Piano Competition that turned her into a name. The recordings that followed—Chopin, Ravel, Liszt, Prokofiev, Schumann—cemented a reputation for interpretations that married abandon with precision. Since the 1980s she's shifted her energy toward collaboration, performing regularly with Nelson Freire, Mischa Maisky, and Gidon Kremer. The solo recital became rare; the partnership became the form.