Martha Argerich

Born in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Martha Argerich began her first piano lessons at the age of five with Vincenzo Scaramuzza. Considered a child prodigy, it was not long before she was performing regular concerts and recitals. In 1955, she moved to Europe and continued her studies in London, Vienna, and Switzerland with Bruno Seidlhofer, Friedrich Gulda, Nikita Magaloff, Dinu Lipatti, and Stefan Askenase. In 1957 she won both the Bolzano and Geneva Piano Competitions, and in 1965 followed suit with the Warsaw International Chopin Competition. Since then, she has been considered one of the most prominent pianists in the world, both in ability and popularity. Despite the fact that her character has often lead her towards the virtuosic masterworks of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Ma