Gidon kremer martha argerich biography

June 5, 1941 - Buenos Aires

With her broad and varied repertoire, carefully chosen and never conformist, Martha Argerich has dominated the piano world since the 1960s. Endowed with a phenomenal technique, she has been able to put her personal stamp on the most demanding works in the repertoire, from Liszt to Prokofiev, and at the same time draw out all the keyboard colour for the musical worlds of Ravel and Messiaen. An impassioned and instinctively collaborative musician, she has increasingly focused less on solo recitals and more on chamber music and concertos, in fruitful partnerships with violinist Gidon Kremer and conductor Charles Dutoit.

• 1949: Concert début in Buenos Aires at the age of eight.
• 1955: After studies in Argentina, Argerich embarks for Europe to study with Friedrich Gulda, Madeleine Lipatti and Nikita Magaloff.
• 1957: First Prizes for piano in the Geneva and Busoni Competitions.
• July 1960: Recording début w
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Gidon Kremer

Latvian violinist (born 1947)

Gidon Kremer (Latvian: Gidons Krēmers; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvianclassicalviolinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica.

Life and career

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Gidon Kremer was born in Riga. His father was Jewish and had survived the Holocaust. His mother had German-Swedish origins.^[1] His grandfather Karl Brückner [de] was a well-known musicologist and violinist in Riga. The boy began playing the violin at the age of four, receiving instruction from his father and his grandfather, who were both professional violinists. He went on to study at the Riga School of Music, where his teacher was mainly Voldemar Sturestep (Voldemārs Stūresteps). From 1965, Kremer studied with David Oistrakh at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1967, he won third prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels. In 1969, he won second prize at the Montreal International Violin Competition (shared with Oleh Krysa), fo

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Gidon Kremer & Martha Argerich

Pianist Martha Argerich and violinist Gidon Kremer are both classical music superstars They've been playing together for decades, and they still enjoy playing together - partially because they continue to surprise each other. On Thursday's Performance Today, we'll hear Argerich and Kremer surprising each other in concert in Berlin.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

John Adams: Two Fanfares for Orchestra: No. 1, Tromba Lontana
San Francisco Symphony; Edo de Waart, conductor
The John Adams Earbox
Nonesuch 79453

Manuel de Falla: Siete Canciones Espanoles
Frank Gabriel Campos, trumpet; Pablo Cohen, guitar
Ford Hall Auditorium, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY

John Adams (trans. James Spinazzola): Lollapalooza
United States Marine Band; Major Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, U