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Something wrong?She won the Chopin Competition in 1965 and never really stopped mattering. Argerich plays with a combination of technical ferocity and interpretive freedom that makes other pianists sound cautious, and for decades now she's preferred the chamber stage to the solo spotlight.
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Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 & Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat MajorAlbum2023
Beethoven, Schumann, Franck (Extended Edition)Album2022
Martha Argerich in VerbierAlbum2021Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 / Introduction & Polonaise brillante, Op. 3 / Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65Album2020Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral” / Piano Sonata no. 17 “Tempest”Album2019Cello Concerto & Chamber WorksAlbumKlavierkonzert = Piano Concerto / Klavierkonzert = Piano Concerto No.2Album2018Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward
Prokofiev for TwoAlbum, 20182017Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet and String Orchestra / Symphony no. 9Album2016Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine ArtsAwardKennedy Center HonorsAwardKnight Commander of the Order of the Rising SunAwardViolin SonatasAlbum2015Chopin Piano Concerto, Sonata In G Minor For Piano And CelloAlbum2014Echo Klassik - Concerto Recording of the YearAwardMartha Argerich & Claudio Abbado: Complete Concerto RecordingsAlbum, 20142013Echo Klassik - Instrumentalist of the YearAward2012
Schumann: Scenes from ChildhoodAlbum2011Schumann: Piano Concerto / Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1Album2006Grammy AwardsAward2005Praemium ImperialeAwardThe Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with RosetteAward1999Diamond Konex AwardAward1997Arrau MedalAward1996Officer of Arts and LettersAward1965International Chopin Piano CompetitionAward1957Geneva International Music CompetitionAward1941Born5 June 1941Also in Deutsch
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SMSchumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 & Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major
MRMartha Argerich Performs Beethoven and RavelMMMartha Argerich + Maria Solozobova: Magie
BEBeethoven, Schumann, Franck (Extended Edition)MVMartha Argerich in VerbierMMMartha Argerich plays Mozart
PTProkofiev for TwoMRMartha Argerich & Claudio Abbado: Complete Concerto Recordings
SCSchumann: Scenes from ChildhoodAwards
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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.
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Anne-Sophie MutterAlso in The Legacy of Seiji Ozawa (2024)
YundiBoth received International Chopin Piano Competition
Georg SoltiBoth received Geneva International Music Competition
Maurizio PolliniBoth received Echo Klassik - Concerto Recording of the Year
Victoria de los ÁngelesBoth received Geneva International Music Competition
Baiba SkrideBoth received Echo Klassik - Concerto Recording of the YearFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.