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'<!-- please do not add an infobox, per [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes]]--> [[File:Martha Argerich NYWTS.jpg|thumb|Martha Argerich at the age of 21 in 1962]] | image2 = http://www.livingclassic.com/sites/all/modules/living_classic/images/martha-argerich-signature-mapp.png '''Martha Argerich''' (born June 5, 1941 in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]) is an [[Argentine people|Argentine]] [[pianist]]. ==Early life== Argerich was born in [[Buenos Aires]] and started playing the piano at age three (the provenance of the name Argerich is uncertain: some say it is [[Catalunya|Catalan]], while others maintain it originates from [[Croatia]]).<ref>Dean Elder, Pianists at Play, Kahn & Averill, 1989</ref> Martha Argerich displayed an interest in music at the tender age of about two years and eight months old. An extremely gifted child, her mother had enrolled her in kindergarten early, and most of the children were much older than Argerich. One of her classmates, an older boy around five years old, insisted on teasing Argerich, telling her that she was not old enough to do certain things. Nevertheless, the determined Argerich would always do exactly what her classmate said she couldn't, including playing the piano. "Once he got the idea of telling me I couldn't play the piano," Argerich related to Dean Elder in a 1979 interview for Clavier. "I still remember it. I immediately got up, went to the piano, and started playing a tune that the teacher was playing all the time. I played the tune by ear and perfectly. The teacher immediately called my mother and they started making a fuss. And it was all because of this boy who said 'You can't play the piano.'" Recognizing her daughter's inborn musical ability, Argerich's mother decided to enroll her child in private lessons. At the age of five, she moved to teacher [[Vincenzo Scaramuzza]] who stressed to her the importance of lyricism and feeling. "When the sound is empty," he said to her, "it sounds like a pair of pants walking into the room with nothing inside them." She made her debut playing a Mozart concerto when she was eight, mentally preparing herself for the concert by making herself believe that, "if I missed a single note, I would explode." She did not miss a single note. The family moved to Europe in 1955 where Argerich studied with [[Friedrich Gulda]] in [[Austria]]. [[Juan Perón]], then the president of Argentina, made their decision possible by appointing her parents to [[Foreign relations of Argentina|diplomatic]] posts in the Argentine Embassy in [[Vienna]]. She later studied with [[Stefan Askenase]] and [[Maria Curcio]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Niel Immelman |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/14/obituary-maria-curcio |title=The Guardian, 14 April 2009 |publisher=Guardian |date= 14 April 2009|accessdate=2012-01-04 |location=London}}</ref> Argerich also seized opportunities for brief periods of coaching with [[Madeleine Lipatti]] (widow of [[Dinu Lipatti]]), [[Abbey Simon]], and [[Nikita Magaloff]].<ref>Minaldi, Donald [http://www.musicalamerica.com/features/?fid=66&fyear=2001 Musician of the Year 2001 Martha Argerich], "Musical America", [[2001]]</ref> In 1957, at sixteen, she won both the [[Geneva International Music Competition]] and the [[Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition|Ferruccio Busoni International Competition]], within three weeks of each other. Between the ages of sixteen and twenty Argerich led the life of a touring virtuoso giving many concerts in Western Europe and Poland, often travelling on her own. An unstructured life-style ungoverned by routine led to Argerich becoming dissatisfied with her performing career. She decided to study with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, but this did not prove successful, she only had four lessons with him in a year and a half. Argerich spent nearly two years trying to find some stability in her life.<ref name="Dean Interview">Elder, Dean. [http://www.andrys.com/arg-1979.html Excerpts from a Rare Interview with Argerich]. accessed 19 January 2010.</ref> Her greatest influence was Gulda, with whom she studied for 18 months. At the age of twenty-two Argerich married Robert Chen, with whom she had a daughter in 1964. Just before the birth, the marriage ended and at the same time Argerich’s mother entered her in the 1964 Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition in Brussels. It was there that she met Stefan Askenase, who was a jury member, and it was he, and particularly his wife, who restored Argerich’s sense of purpose and self-confidence. Shortly afterwards, in November 1964, Argerich made a spectacular debut in London and a few months later entered the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. She not only won the competition outright, but won the special prize for interpretation of the mazurkas as well. ==Professional career== Argerich rose to international prominence when she won the seventh [[International Chopin Piano Competition]] in [[Warsaw]] in 1965, at age 24. In 1965, she debuted in the [[United States]] in the [[Lincoln Center]]'s Great Performers Series. In the same year, she also made her first recording, including works by [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]], [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], [[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]], [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]], and [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]], which received critical acclaim. In 1965, she recorded Chopin's [[Scherzo No. 3 (Chopin)|Scherzo No. 3]], [[Polonaise Op. 53 (Chopin)|Polonaise, Op. 53]], and other short works in the later years. There seem to be no limits to Argerich’s technique which is all-encompassing. She employs a remarkable relaxation of the hand and wrist and always appears completely natural at the keyboard. Although she plays Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schumann, her repertoire centers on composers such as Rachmaninov, Ravel, and Prokofiev, and more modern composers, including Lutoslawski and Messiaen. After the first few years of her career she gave up playing solo recitals, preferring collaborative musical work. Only her first two albums were solo. Ms. Argerich's discography, which includes more than a dozen Deutsche Grammophon recordings, encompasses works by Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, de Falla, Franck, Haydn, Liszt, Lutoslawski, Paganini, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Schubert, Schumann and Tchaikovsky. She has recorded Chopin and Schumann duos for piano and cello with Mstislav Rostropovich as well as Schumann sonatas for violin and piano with Gidon Kremer; a Schumann collection featuring Kreisleriana and Kinderscenen and Bach cello sonatas with Mischa Maisky, and the Ravel Piano Concerto in G with Claudio Abbado and the London Symphony. Another brilliant collaboration is a recording of Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 with Giuseppi Sinopoli and the Philharmonia Orchestra. She first publicly played chamber music when she was 17, accompanying violinist Joseph Szigeti. Especially known as a chamber-music player and as a graceful musical collaborator, she has performed with pianists Stephen Kovacevich, Nicolas Economou, Nelson Freire, and Alexandre Rabinovich, violinist Gidon Kremer, and cellist Mischa Maisky. Chamber music plays a significant role in her musical life. As she says: 'This harmony within a group of people gives me a strong and peaceful feeling'. Argerich has often remarked in interviews of feeling "lonely" on stage during solo performances.<ref>Martha Argerich, The Evening Talks <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sPD1cma58w></ref> Since the 1980s, she has staged few solo performances, instead focusing on [[piano concerto|concertos]] and, in particular, [[chamber music]], and accompanying instrumentalists in [[sonata (music)|sonatas]]. She is noted especially for her recordings of [[20th century classical music|20th century]] works by composers such as [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff]], [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen]] and [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]. One notable compilation pairs Rachmaninoff's [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 3]] (recorded in December 1982 with the [[Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin|Radio Symphonie-Orchester Berlin]] under direction of [[Riccardo Chailly]]) with [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]] (February 1980, [[Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra|Symphonie Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks]], [[Kirill Kondrashin]]). Argerich is also famous for her interpretation of Prokofiev's [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev)|Piano Concerto No. 3]], Ravel's [[Piano Concerto (Ravel)|Piano Concerto in G]], and Bach's Partita No. 2 in C minor, which she has recorded several times and continues to perform. Argerich has also promoted younger pianists, both through her annual festival and through her frequent appearances as a member of the jury at important competitions.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} The pianist [[Ivo Pogorelić]] was thrust into the musical spotlight partly as a result of Argerich's actions: after he was eliminated in the third round of the 1980 International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Argerich proclaimed him a "genius" and left the jury in protest.<ref>Stevenson, Joseph.[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=q46402/biography|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Biography of Ivo Pogorelich] accessed 18 January 2010</ref> She has supported several artists including [[Gabriela Montero]], [[Gabriele Baldocci]] and [[Sergio Tiempo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsi.ch/argerich/welcome.cfm?lng=1&ids=491&idc=989 |title=Progetto Martha Argerich |language={{it icon}} |publisher=Rsi.ch |date= |accessdate=2012-01-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsi.ch/argerich/welcome.cfm?lng=1&ids=491&idc=1000 |title=Progetto Martha Argerich |language={{it icon}} |publisher=Rsi.ch |date= |accessdate=2012-01-04}}</ref> Argerich is president of the [[International Piano Academy Lake Como]] and performs each year at the [[Lugano Festival]], [[Switzerland]]. She also created and has been General Director of the Argerich Music Festival and Encounter in [[Beppu]], [[Japan]], since 1996. In 1998 Ms. Argerich became the Artistic Director of the Beppu Festival in Japan. In 1999 she created the International Piano Competition and Festival Martha Argerich in Buenos Aires, and in June 2002 the Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano. Ms. Agerich’s numerous awards, honours and distinctions include, from the government of France, Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres (1996) and Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2004); from Rome, Accademica di Santa Cecilia (1997) and, from Japan, Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, presented by the Emperor, and the prestigious Praemium Imperiale  from the Japan Art Association (2005). Ms. Argerich was also named “Musician of the Year” by Musical America (2001). Her aversion to the press and publicity has resulted in her remaining out of the limelight for most of her career. Nevertheless she is widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of her time.<ref>In a 2001 article about Martha Argerich for ''[[The New Yorker]]'', critic [[Alex Ross (music critic)|Alex Ross]] wrote: "Argerich brings to bear qualities that are seldom contained in one person: she is a pianist of brain-teasing technical agility; she is a charismatic woman with an enigmatic reputation; she is an unaffected interpreter whose native language is music. This last may be the quality that sets her apart. A lot of pianists play huge double octaves; a lot of pianists photograph well. But few have the unerring naturalness of phrasing that allows them to embody the music rather than interpret it."</ref> ==Personal life== Argerich has been married two times. Her first marriage was to [[composer]]-[[Conducting|conductor]] Robert Chen, with whom she had a daughter, Lyda Chen, who is a violist. From 1969 to 1973, Argerich was married to conductor [[Charles Dutoit]], with whom she had a daughter, Anna. Argerich continues to record and perform with Dutoit. She has lived on and off with pianist [[Stephen Kovacevich]], with whom she had a daughter, Stephanie.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20076190,00.html|title=A Top Woman Pianist, Martha Argerich, Nearly Gave Up Her Steinway for Steno|last1=Hauptfuhrer|first1=Jenny|last2=Vespa|first2=Mary|date=1980-04-07|publisher=people.com|accessdate=2010-01-18}}</ref> In 1990, Argerich was diagnosed with [[malignant melanoma]]. After treatment, the cancer went into remission, but there was a reoccurrence in 1995, eventually [[metastasis|metastasizing]] to her lungs and lymph nodes. Following aggressive treatment at the John Wayne Cancer Institute, which included the removal of part of her lung and use of an experimental [[vaccine]], Argerich's cancer went into remission again. In gratitude, Argerich performed a [[Carnegie Hall]] recital benefiting the Institute.<ref>Toronto Globe and Mail, concert review, March 28, 2000</ref> {{As of|2012}}, Argerich remains cancer-free.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} ==Awards== * [[Order of the Rising Sun#4th Class, Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette|The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette]] 2005 Japan * [[Praemium Imperiale]] 2005 Japan * [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]]: **[[Claudio Abbado]] (conductor), Martha Argerich and the [[Mahler Chamber Orchestra]] for ''Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3'' ([[48th Grammy Awards|2006]]) * [[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]: **Martha Argerich and [[Mikhail Pletnev]] for ''[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]] (Arr. Pletnev): Cinderella Suite for Two Pianos/[[Maurice Ravel|Ravel]]: Ma Mere L'Oye'' ([[47th Grammy Awards|2005]]) *[[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)]] **[[Charles Dutoit]] (conductor), Martha Argerich and the [[Montreal Symphony Orchestra]] for ''[[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3/[[Béla Bartók|Bartók]]: Piano Concerto No. 3'' ([[42nd Grammy Awards|2000]]) *[[Arrau Medal|Claudio Arrau Memorial Medal]] (1997) * [[International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition|International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition]]: 1st prize (1965) * [[Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition]]: 1st prize (1957) <ref>[http://www.concorsobusoni.it/en-94-1984.aspx www.concorsobusoni.it], History of the competition. "In 1957 the Premio Busoni was awarded to the sixteen-year-old Martha Argerich..."</ref> * [[Geneva International Music Competition]]: 1st prize (1957) ==Selected Discography== Bach: English Suite #2 in a, BWV, 1979. Bach: Partita for Piano #2 in c, BWV, 1979. Bach: Toccata in c, BWV, 1979. Beethoven/Haydn: Piano Concertos (2/11), EMI, 1983. (with Maisky) Bach: Cello Sonatas, Deutsche Grammaphon, 1987. (with Kremer) Beethoven: Violin Sonatas nos. 1-3, PGD/Deutsche Grammophon, 1987. (with Rabinovitch) Brahms: Haydn Variations, etc., 1987. Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione; Schumann: Fantasiestücke, 1987. Schumann: Kinderszenen, Kreisleriana, PGD/Deutsche Grammophon, 1987. (With Abbado and Dutoit) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto 1; Prokiev: Piano Concerto 3, PGD/Deutsche Grammophon, 1987. (with Kremer) Beethoven: Violin Sonatas nos. 4 & 5, PGD/Deutsche Grammophon, 1988. (with Leonard Bernstein) Stravinsky: Les Noces, Mass, 1988. (with Kremer and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) Mendelssohn: Violin and Piano Concerto in D Minor, etc., 1989. (with Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra) Ravel: Piano Concerts, Menuet antique, etc., reissued 1989. (with Ricci) 50th Anniversary Concert, Etcetera, 1991. Chopin Compact Editioni>Préludes, Etc., 1991. (with Rostropovich) Chopin Compact Editioni>Sonata for Cello and Piano, etc., 1991. (with Kremer) Tchaikovsky Compact Editioni>Piano and Violin Concertos, 1991. (with Rabinovich and others) Rachmaninoff: Suites Op. 5 & 17, Symphonic Dances Op. 45, reissued 1992. (with Kremer) Prokofiev. Violinsonaten, 5 Melodien, 1993. (with others) Strauss: New Year's Eve Concert 1992, 1993. (with Maisky) Beethoven: Cellosonaten Op. 69 & 102, etc., Deutsche Grammophon, 1994. (with Rabinovitch) Mozart: Sonatas, 1994. (with Abbado and Berliner) Prometheusi>The Myth in Music, 1994. (with Kremer) Schumann: Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, WEA/Atlantic/Teldec, 1994. (with Chailly and Kondrashin) Argerichi>Rachmaninoff 3, Tchaikovsky 1, Philips, 1995. (with Sinopoli) Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, DG, 1995. (with Kremer) Beethoven: Violin Sonatas nos. 6-8, PGD/Deutsche Grammophon, 1995. (with others) Duo Piano Extravaganza: Martha Argerich and Friends, PGD/Philips, 1995. Shostakovich, Hayden: Piano Concerti, 1995. (with Kremer) Beethoven: Violin Sonatas nos. 9& 10, PGD/Deutsche Grammophon, 1996. (with Abbado and the London Symphony Orchestra) Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos, 1996. (with Abbado and others) Prokofiev, Ravel: Piano Concerti, DG, 1996. Schumann, R.: Fantasie in C, Op. 17/FantasiestueckeOp. 12 nr. 1-8, EMI, reissued 1996. (with Rabinovich) Schumann: Klavier quartett, etc., 1996. (with Abbado) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto 1, etc., 1996. (with others) Centenary Edition Vol. 10(1988-1997), 1997. (with others) Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 7iolin Sonatas, 1997. (with others) Complete Beethoven Edition Vol. 8i>Cello Sonatas, 1997. Martha Argerich Collection, DG, 1997. Great Pianists of the 20th Centuryartha Argerich Vol. 1, Philips, 1998. (with Dutoit) Piano Concertos: Prokofiev (#1, #3)/ Bartok (#3), EMI, 1998. Chopinhe Legendary 1965 Recording, EMI, 1999. (with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra) Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, EMI, 1999. (with Horowitz and others) Greaf Pianists of the 20th Century, Brilliant Classics, 1999. Great Pianists of the 20th Centuryartha Argerich Vol. 2, Philips, 1999. (with Rabinovich and Faerber) Mozart: Piano Concertos no. 10, 19&20,Teldec, 1999. (with Kremer and Maisky) Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky: Trios, Deutsche Grammophon, 1999. ==See also== {{Portal|Piano}} *[[Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Martha Argerich]] *[[Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Martha Argerich II]] *[[List of Argentines]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.andrys.com/argerich.html "Argerich--Discography," (August 11, 1999)] *[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2001/11/12/011112crmu_music Ross, Alex; 'Madame X', November 12, 2001], a profile of Argerich in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' *[http://www.gachot.ch/gachot_argerich.html ''Martha Argerich, evening talks''], the award-winning documentary film about Argerich by [http://www.gachot.ch/l ''Georges Gachot''] - ([http://imdb.com/title/tt0384318/ imdb link]) *[http://www.andrys.com/argerich/ar-orga.html Orga, Ates, ''River Plate Queen'' (1978, 2006)], an interview with Argerich first published in the 1979 ''International Music Guide'' *[http://www.argerich-mf.jp/english.html MUSIC FESTIVAL Argerich's Meeting Point in Beppu], a music festival sponsored by the Argerich Arts Foundation of [[Beppu, Ōita|Beppu, Japan]] *[http://www.rtsi.ch/trasm/argerich/welcome.cfm?lng=1 The Martha Argerich Project] *[http://andrys.com/argerich/ Argerich Music news, concert schedule, articles, recordings] *[http://home.swipnet.se/bjorn_ostlund/argerich_repertoire.htm Argerich's repertoire through the years] *[http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo14/argerich.htm Martha Argerich biography, CD and concert review by cosmopolis.ch] *[http://www.euronews.net/2009/06/15/martha-argerich-project-brings-talent-to-lugano/ Martha Argerich Project Brings Talent to Lugano] by ''Euro News'', June 15, 2009 {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Argerich, Martha | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 5 June 1941 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Argerich, Martha}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Argentine classical pianists]] [[Category:International Chopin Piano Competition winners]] [[Category:Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires]] [[Category:People from Buenos Aires]] [[Category:Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:Classical piano duos]] [[Category:Prize-winners of the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition]] [[Category:Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class]] [[az:Marta Argerix]] [[ca:Martha Argerich]] [[cs:Martha Argerichová]] [[de:Martha Argerich]] [[et:Martha Argerich]] [[es:Martha Argerich]] [[fr:Martha Argerich]] [[gl:Martha Argerich]] [[ko:마르타 아르헤리치]] [[it:Martha Argerich]] [[he:מרתה ארחריץ']] [[la:Martha Argerich]] [[lb:Martha Argerich]] [[lt:Marta Argerich]] [[hu:Martha Argerich]] [[nl:Martha Argerich]] [[ja:マルタ・アルゲリッチ]] [[no:Martha Argerich]] [[oc:Martha Argerich]] [[pl:Martha Argerich]] [[pt:Martha Argerich]] [[ro:Martha Argerich]] [[qu:Martha Argerich]] [[ru:Аргерих, Марта]] [[simple:Martha Argerich]] [[sk:Martha Argerichová]] [[fi:Martha Argerich]] [[sv:Martha Argerich]] [[tr:Martha Argerich]] [[uk:Марта Аргеріх]] [[zh:瑪塔·阿格麗希]]'