Klaus Döring's Classical Music/Klaus Döring's Klassische Musik

by  Emily E. Hogstad  Martha Argerichs simultaneously one of the most celebrated and most enigmatic of classical music stars. Many people call her the greatest pianist of her generation – and others, the greatest pianist who ever lived! Today, we are taking a look at the life and career of this fascinating woman and looking at fifteen facts you might not have known about her. 1. Martha Argerich was a precocious child. Martha Argerich as a kid She began kindergarten before her third birthday. One day, a schoolmate teased her that she couldn’t play piano. She then proceeded to sit down and play a piece by ear that their teacher had just played for them. She was just three years old. 2. Her first piano teacher was Italian pianist Vincenzo Scaramuzza. He said of her that she may have been six, but she had the soul of a 40-year-old. 3. When she was a teenager, her family moved to Europe, and she began studying with one of the quirkiest pianists of all time. Friedrich Gulda and Mart...

by   Emily E. Hogstad Martha Argerich   is simultaneously one of the most celebrated and most enigmatic of classical music stars. Many people call her the greatest pianist of her generation – and others, the greatest pianist who ever lived! Today, we are taking a look at the life and career of this fascinating woman and looking at fifteen facts you might not have known about her. 1. Martha Argerich was a precocious child. Martha Argerich as a kid She began kindergarten before her third birthday. One day, a schoolmate teased her that she couldn’t play piano. She then proceeded to sit down and play a piece by ear that their teacher had just played for them. She was just three years old. 2. Her first piano teacher was Italian pianist Vincenzo Scaramuzza. He said of her that she may have been six, but she had the soul of a 40-year-old. 3. When she was a teenager, her family moved to Europe, and she began studying with one of the quirkiest pianists of all time. Friedrich Gulda and ...