# Michael Ponti

> Michael Ponti was a German-American classical pianist. He was the first to record the complete piano works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. He made more than 80 recordings, around 50 of rarely played concertos from the Romantic period, often the only recording of these works at the time. He played and recorded chamber music with his Ponti-Zimansky-Polasek Trio.

*German pianist (1937–2022)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1937-10-29
- **Died:** 2022-10-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 16.8 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 10.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690643/ (@nm0690643)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4f23POdM8xodkVkxmbTanq (@4f23POdM8xodkVkxmbTanq)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/953014)
- [مايكل بونتى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%89)
- [Michael Ponti](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ponti)
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- [Michael Ponti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ponti)
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- [マイケル・ポンティ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3)
- [Michael Ponti](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ponti)
- [Michael Ponti](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ponti)
- [Понти, Майкл](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/294b0aad-5931-4dfa-bd3f-bab7bce65e45)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707611)
- [Michael Pontin](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2399307)

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