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Martha Argerich was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her paternal ancestors were Catalans based in Buenos Aires since the 18th century. Her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire, who settled in Colonia Villa Clara in the Entre Ríos province. The provenance of the name Argerich is Catalonia, Spain.

Martha Argerich started playing the piano at age three. At the age of five, she moved to teacher Vincenzo Scaramuzza, who stressed to her the importance of lyricism and feeling. Argerich gave her debut concert in 1949 at the age of eight.

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 diplomatic posts in the Argentine Embassy in Vienna. She later studied with Stefan Askenase and Maria Curcio. Argerich also seized opportunities for brief periods of coaching with Madeleine Lipatti (widow of Dinu Lipatti), Abbey Simon, and Nikita Magaloff.

Ravel – Sonatine – Martha Argerich, Piano

Sonatine is a piano work written by Maurice Ravel. Although Ravel wrote in his autobiography that he wrote the sonatina after his piano suite Miroirs, it seems to have been written between 1903 and 1905.

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No 21 in C Major (Waldstein) - Argerich, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Beethoven – Sonata No. 21 (Waldstein) – Argerich, Piano

Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 21 in C major, Op. 53, known as the Waldstein, is one of the three most notable sonatas of his middle period (the other two being the Appassionata, Op. 57, and Les Adieux, Op. 81a).

Chopin - Ballade No 4 in F Minor - Argerich, Piano

Ballade / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Ballade No. 4 – Martha Argerich, Piano

Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52, was composed in 1842 in Paris and Nohant and revised in 1843. The work was dedicated to Baroness Rothschild, wife of Nathaniel de Rothschild.

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 3 in C Major - Argerich, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 – Martha Argerich

Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 3 in C major, Op 26, was completed in 1921. Sergei Prokofiev began his work on the concerto as early as 1913 when he wrote a theme with variations which he then set aside.

Martha Argerich plays Chopin's Scherzo No 3 in C-sharp minor at Chopin competition in Warsaw, 1965

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Scherzo

Chopin – Scherzo No. 3 – Martha Argerich, Piano

The Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39, in C-Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1839, was written in the abandoned monastery of Valldemossa on the Balearic island of Majorca, Spain.

Martha Argerich plays Mozart's Sonata for piano No. 8 in A minor

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 8 – Martha Argerich

Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor, K. 310 / 300d, was written in 1778. The sonata is the first of only two Mozart piano sonatas in a minor key. It was composed in the summer of 1778 around the time of his mother’s death, one of the most tragic times of his life.