“Martha Argerich: (born 1941) Argentine pianist. A prodigy, she began concertizing before she was 10. She went to Europe in 1955, where her teachers included Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995). She won the Busoni and Geneva competitions at 16m and the Chopin competition in 1965. The exceptionally brilliant technique, emotional depth, and elan displayed in the Romantic works in which she specializes have won her perhaps the most enthusiastic international following of any pianist in the world.”
Excerpted from: Stevens, Mark A., Ed. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Encyclopedia. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, 2000.
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