She's 24 years old here, and this is after at age 3.5 she began playing and taking lessons at age 5! At 8 she gave her first public recital! By the time of this video, 7 years prior, she had already won both the Geneva and Busoni competitions (3 weeks apart), 1st prize in both at the age of 16! (they don't allow pianists to compete at that age now) Then after failing to study with Horowitz, she took a 3-year hiatus from the piano and decided to not pursue a piano career! The wife of her old piano teacher, Askensae persuaded her to prepare and enter this most prestigious competition. In which she won, again, 1st prize. No kidding, here is the pianist of all pianists and she still rules at the top of her profession at age 81! Having survived cancer twice, the second time was nothing short of a miracle. We are in the presence of a goddess!
She wasn't joining the competition, it looked like she was giving a master-class lesson to the judges and audiences of how a great pianist should perform.
2:30 this is something outstanding. I dont think ill ever achieve something close to this. Ive never felt such ease during the playing. She press the keys so soft almost airy
@@spfqr4977 it is. There’s nothing amazing about this, not more than everything else she does. Despite Na-Kun’s amazement at a professional pianist “playing so soft”
In addition to her incredible speed and power on those double-octave passages, she has the most beautiful rendition of the cascades in the trio that I've ever heard; effortlessly feather-light and smooth, like a shimmering waterfall.
Over 5k comments and all are glowing and positive. That is rare air and praise. Yes she is a Goddess. Clarity and tone and effortless playing w soft caressing of the notes. Zero forearm tension. Just a marvel. I think she is better than Horowitz IMHO.
6:15 onwards and I’m dying. So good! I never heard this scherzo being played so effortlessly while each note and phrase keeps its meaning to the fullest.
I used to have a friend who used to fancy her like mad. Looking at her in this I can see why. I have heard it said (by learned persons) that she is the greatest living pianist. She certainly has a wonderful technique.
She was immensely attractive. I saw her play the Grieg piano concerto at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea in the sixties. A young raven haired beauty at the piano. On a radio broadcast over fifty years ago, I heard another great pianist, Julius Katchen, describe his young colleague as "A kind of sexy angel".
It's a very rare video. The video of Archerich participating in the Chopin Competition. I can't help but be surprised. Even now, her performance, which is still sophisticated and colorful, is probably ahead of its time. The way she plays the piano is so beautiful.
Again this woman never fails to amaze me...her playing now is as impressive if not more today as it was then......she's a rare gem....please go see her live while you still can.....
The end of this piece especially is such a majestic work of music, one of Chopin’s best, though currently I love his Opus 44 Polonaise, the mazurka part in the middle is just enchanting. Such a genius. If he had lived more than 39 years who knows what he would have brought to this world. Our loss.
Martha absolutely overrated, she nothing compared with Alexei Grinuk very overrated, Gerade Linie playing without any emotions. She doesn't deserve to be alongside great pianists. Chopin overrated too
Another piece I could never quite grasp. It's enough to just watch her beautiful hands. Still, she has a way of conveying the meaning of a particular piece of music that just pierces the soul.
Even then, she was one of the most amazing pianists. Several times over many years, I have heard something on the radio (Chopin Concerto in e, for example) and it had "something extra, something special". Those times it always turned out were her performances.
Superb and astonishing martha argerich remains up to this time the best pianist of all time on the level of musicianship as horowitch and rubenstein. I hope her the best health
Not True! More beautiful colorful piano Sound than Argerich=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy! More Powerful Louder than Argerich=Mikhail Pletnev The Suoernova Explosion Power! ( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! More Genius than Argerich=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky!
Recuerdos felices de CEMUS vienen a mi memoria! Gracias por este viaje en el tiempo. Te deseos de bendiciones! Un honor haber coincidido en aquella época! Saludos! Ya mire todos tus videos, 👍 Comenté en los que más me gustaron y todos llevan su like. Suscrito y campanita ! Nuevamente, gracias Ale! Saludos!
NOT TRUE! More beautiful colorful piano Sound than Argerich=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy! MORE POWERFUL Louder than Argerich=Mikhail Pletnev The Supernova Explosion power!( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! More Genius than Argerich=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky!
Oh, what a girl and whal a magical talent she is. She broke me many myths as a piano player in my youth. She was always excellent in whatever she played. Maybe the best piano player of all time. Martha, my dear...
It's laughable to think that there were judges sitting there when she could play immeasurably better than each one of them! Does it really get better than this?! Her technique,in particular the octaves,was just perfect then.A great example for young pianists(and not-so-young!)to try and emulate. Zimerman is another one who does everything absolutely correctly.It's a pity there are no visual recordings of Lipatti.😊
Don’t badmouth the jury too much. I mean after all, they did give her the win. What an incredible woman she is, after almost 60 years, STILL being able to perform at this level.
"Does it really get better than this?!" Yes, for starters without making an elementary mistake of not phrasing the sigh motive in mm. 5-6. Then thinking it is an octave piece, rather than a music piece. Etc., etc.
@@RusskyVoyennyKorablIdiNakhui It’s a damned good thing I’m not as musically educated as you are or have as good an ear as you have or I might not be able to enjoy her performance as much as I do.
@@MHB48615 I am glad you did. Being a pro, I notice things regular listeners do not. That being the case, her 3d scherzo is a flawed interpretation (and I am a Martha fan!)
@@MHB48615 If you are into Chopin generally, and into scherzi in particular, I re-posted a stunning performance on my channel. This guy is a youtuber, he posted a massive amount of historical recordings over the years, and, apparently, used to be a genius-level pianist, before he gave up music and started making a living. I gather, the Russian school. He does not like my playing, so he is not perfect. 🙂 But his 3d scherzo is the real thing, beginning with the sigh motive and concluding with the wildest coda. Check it out -- ua-cam.com/video/JaWrAKo0uvE/v-deo.html
since nobody wants to talk about how gorgeous she is here - understandably, as that would sully the conversation about her insane musical ability - I guess i'll have to do it
Aside from being one of the very greatest pianists of our time, she us very intelligent and has led an interesting life. Fortunately, there are a few extended interviews with her on Yourtube.
A real intellectual achievement as well to give such unity, grace and precission to this piece, one Chopin's most complex btw. Only one question is left : what would the composer himself think of this interpretation
NOT TRUE! More beautiful colorful piano Sound than Argerich=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy! MORE POWERFUL Louder than Argerich=Mikhail Pletnev the Supernova Explosion power!( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! More Genius than Argerich=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky!
Not True! More beautiful colorful piano Sound than Argerich=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy! More Powerful Louder than Argerich=Mikhail Pletnev the Supernova Explosion power!( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! More Genius than Argerich=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky!
Martha and Yuga are just generational pianists. I think I have been given a great gift/blessing just watching and hearing them perform. I say this recognizing the wealth of pianistic talent that one hears in the world and on UA-cam. I guess it is similar to this idea Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart had, talking about defining pornography. Even though he can't adequately define it, he knows it when he sees it.
Its absurd that she is that talented and that beautiful. Maybe she doesn't have a sense of smell....I like to think everyone's got an Achille's heel of some sort but I sure can't see one :-)
+wiggityp Wiggityp: It is a good thing that your companion doesn't have this all-important trait which you had specified, so that she could tolerate your frequent olfactory mishaps.
wiggityp Wiggi: I was unfair: Your point was that everyone has a weakness or a non-talent, or negative attribute. This is true. Regarding this pianist, I don't know what it is, but you had made a truthful innocent comment and I take it back. I bid you all of the best.
She's 24 years old here, and this is after at age 3.5 she began playing and taking lessons at age 5! At 8 she gave her first public recital! By the time of this video, 7 years prior, she had already won both the Geneva and Busoni competitions (3 weeks apart), 1st prize in both at the age of 16! (they don't allow pianists to compete at that age now) Then after failing to study with Horowitz, she took a 3-year hiatus from the piano and decided to not pursue a piano career! The wife of her old piano teacher, Askensae persuaded her to prepare and enter this most prestigious competition. In which she won, again, 1st prize. No kidding, here is the pianist of all pianists and she still rules at the top of her profession at age 81! Having survived cancer twice, the second time was nothing short of a miracle. We are in the presence of a goddess!
@@ciararespect4296 can you define the term "best pianist" for me please?
@@ciararespect4296😊
@@kimthevirtuoso😅
Sounds like she needs a movie made about her life
@@FeraSomnia yes def
She wasn't joining the competition, it looked like she was giving a master-class lesson to the judges and audiences of how a great pianist should perform.
EXACTLY !!!
That's what I want to say, bro.
She is hor concurs. Can not be fair to the rest of the pianists for her to compete
Rubbish
I heard Arthur Rubinstein play the scherzo in C# minor...
Meanwhile, in 2021, nearly 60 years after this competition, she's still touring, doing concerts. How is that humanly possible?
Well. She doesn’t really do much. Just sits there and wiggle her fingers.
On top of that, she's well known to pick and choose last-minute whether she actually wants to play that very day of the concert ;P
Surely, you can't be serious, Mr. Cohiba?
@@howardchen5611 Yea, and that’s why she never signs a contract.....but they still book her. Now why is that you might ask?
@@mrcohiba1662 yes
She makes those cascading notes in the chorale section look so easy and effortless
They are not really difficult. They lie easily under the hands. Chopin knew what he was doing.
@@peteklat:)
Because she’s fingers are strong.
2:30 this is something outstanding. I dont think ill ever achieve something close to this. Ive never felt such ease during the playing. She press the keys so soft almost airy
That’s literally the easiest passage in the whole piece
@@user-zz5je1ry1othat Is not the point
@@spfqr4977 it is. There’s nothing amazing about this, not more than everything else she does. Despite Na-Kun’s amazement at a professional pianist “playing so soft”
Mi amada Marta, y mi amadísimo Chopin, un binomio que nos lego el universo. Muchas gracias!!!!!!
Rick Beato sent me here. Better late than never. Simply stunning. Tears in my eyes twice during this segment.
I'm with ya
Me too! 😅
Yep
Me too!
Maybe you should have that checked out by a doctor?
In addition to her incredible speed and power on those double-octave passages, she has the most beautiful rendition of the cascades in the trio that I've ever heard; effortlessly feather-light and smooth, like a shimmering waterfall.
She is brilliant, a lady poet playing the greatest musical poets music.
Over 5k comments and all are glowing and positive. That is rare air and praise. Yes she is a Goddess. Clarity and tone and effortless playing w soft caressing of the notes. Zero forearm tension. Just a marvel. I think she is better than Horowitz IMHO.
She's a Goddess. Pure beauty and perfection.
6:15 onwards and I’m dying. So good!
I never heard this scherzo being played so effortlessly while each note and phrase keeps its meaning to the fullest.
She IS the music.
One of the greatest musicians that have ever lived and played an instrument.👏🏼👏🏼
I used to have a friend who used to fancy her like mad. Looking at her in this I can see why. I have heard it said (by learned persons) that she is the greatest living pianist. She certainly has a wonderful technique.
She was immensely attractive. I saw her play the Grieg piano concerto at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea in the sixties. A young raven haired beauty at the piano. On a radio broadcast over fifty years ago, I heard another great pianist, Julius Katchen, describe his young colleague as "A kind of sexy angel".
@Alazar Wanderer Your comment should teach everyone something about the true worth of Democracy.
@@ciararespect4296: Why did you make your tag name so close to the other side?
I have a crush on her for sure
Proper lengers
Martha performed this Chopin note with confidence and feeling. From a young age she had passionately developed the study of great composers.
Her specutacular performance is beyond description , immeasurable and unfathomable
She's pure perfection. I just can't get enough of her music.
It's a very rare video. The video of Archerich participating in the Chopin Competition. I can't help but be surprised. Even now, her performance, which is still sophisticated and colorful, is probably ahead of its time. The way she plays the piano is so beautiful.
Felices 80 años, Martha Argerich. Talento supremo, belleza insólita y orgullo argentino.
Qué virtuosa. Y para más, uno de los rostros más bellos concebidos.
Bueno, actualmente esta llena de arrugas, porque nada dura para siempre. Lo que sí se conserva intacto es su espíritu musical ysu energía
¡Muy virtuosa...y preciosa! ¡Muy guapa¡🎹🎼🎶🎶🎶😊💚🕊
Chopin to najpiękniejsza spuścizna dla ludzkości ❤️
Bellissima Martha 🌹💕☔️❤️🔴💫🌕🌗✨☀️⚡️⛈🌪🌟🍄💥🌎🔵🤗😇🌙🌛🌚🌞💨💲🗽🤖
she is so chill what a pure talent
Wishing you a Happy 80'th Birthday Madam Argerich and many, many more in good health, with G-d''s Blessings!
Paula & Marty Spring
ALL THOSE NOTES MEMORIZED...STUNNING
I love the hand movement, it's so satisfying to watch! I love the end
Again this woman never fails to amaze me...her playing now is as impressive if not more today as it was then......she's a rare gem....please go see her live while you still can.....
The end of this piece especially is such a majestic work of music, one of Chopin’s best, though currently I love his Opus 44 Polonaise, the mazurka part in the middle is just enchanting. Such a genius. If he had lived more than 39 years who knows what he would have brought to this world. Our loss.
OMG absolutely effortless, what a way to play
技術的に上手いソリストは沢山いる。しかし、私はいつもこの方のピアノは聴き入ってしまう。本当にいいです。
She had so much beauty and had always had an immense amount of talent. Thanks for the upload. Love you Martha.
Chopin's masterpiece, martha's masterpiece.
Clearly a fantastically talented artist playing a an exquisitely beautiful piece
Martha absolutely overrated, she nothing compared with Alexei Grinuk very overrated, Gerade Linie playing without any emotions. She doesn't deserve to be alongside great pianists. Chopin overrated too
@@chezbe "Chopin's overrated" but Prokofiev cant hold a candle to him.
@@Thiago-px9ev : Chopin is *NOT* overrated, and neither is Prokofiev. 😎🎹
@@marshallartz395Don't feed the troll.
No pianist living or deceased plays octaves faster, more powerful or as accurate as Martha!!!! Love her...
Alexei Grinuk can, Sviatoslav Richter can, Cziffra, Lukas G. and others
@@chezbe not really
Horowitz, Cziffra, Marc Andre Hamelin playing anything Liszt
Her octaves are legend
Listen to Alexi grynyuk octaves in hungarian 6, def faster
She was only a girl then... And she played better than a lot of mature pianists! Incredible. Lucky the man who was loved by her.
@@prokopjula Didn't know that. Well, just saying she was very young but very mature in her playing.
Felicidades y gracias por tanta gran música a lo largo de tan gran carrera.
Thanks for uploading!
Oh my dear lord. This is my favorite scherzo and I’m so ashamed to have never her version until now. That was remarkable!
Thank you! Great upload!
Nunca canso de ouvir Chopin tocado pela Martha Argerich. Lindo, lindo...
So much finesse. If you've played this piece you know how hard it is to play it so delicately and nuanced.
Thank you to upload this wonderful performance with a watchable video.
Rick sent me here too... omg.. i wept... such amazing beauty.. i couldn't ever imagine.. speechless.. thank you !
Fantastic quality. Thanks for sharing
for me, this record is the ever best rendition of the scherzo 3 until now, which I have heard.
I once read that MARTHA ARGERICH was born to play the piano:HOW TRUE!!!
Another piece I could never quite grasp. It's enough to just watch her beautiful hands. Still, she has a way of conveying the meaning of a particular piece of music that just pierces the soul.
What a great performance. Martha Algerich can play Chopin's music like nobody else can.
Magic with strong arms like a Tennis Player.beautiful.
Even then, she was one of the most amazing pianists. Several times over many years, I have heard something on the radio (Chopin Concerto in e, for example) and it had "something extra, something special". Those times it always turned out were her performances.
Superb and astonishing martha argerich remains up to this time the best pianist of all time on the level of musicianship as horowitch and rubenstein. I hope her the best health
Not True! More beautiful colorful piano Sound than Argerich=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy! More Powerful Louder than Argerich=Mikhail Pletnev The Suoernova Explosion Power! ( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! More Genius than Argerich=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky!
A beautiful performance from one of the top ten pianists ever!
Gracias Fabio, esta versión de Martha es extraordinaria.
Recuerdos felices de CEMUS vienen a mi memoria!
Gracias por este viaje en el tiempo.
Te deseos de bendiciones!
Un honor haber coincidido en aquella época! Saludos!
Ya mire todos tus videos, 👍
Comenté en los que más me gustaron y todos llevan su like.
Suscrito y campanita !
Nuevamente, gracias Ale! Saludos!
The great artists make it look easy! Stunning performance. As good as it gets really.
Much of 6:15 and onward is so incredibly even and precise that it sounds like a MIDI file. Insane!
Quelle virtuosité ! (Je ne me souvenais pas qu'elle était aussi belle...)
Martha's the best - a joy to watch playing without ego. Few are left.
she never drowns her performance with too much pedal.
Unbeliveble in a great way!❤
Version incroyable !
Superb. What a pity I'll never get to see her playing unaccompanied.
Wow! She play great!
She is great!!!
magnifica!!!!!Queens Martha!!!!!superba!!!!
La Meilleure De Toute ! 😍💞
NOT TRUE! More beautiful colorful piano Sound than Argerich=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy! MORE POWERFUL Louder than Argerich=Mikhail Pletnev The Supernova Explosion power!( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! More Genius than Argerich=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky!
Oh, what a girl and whal a magical talent she is. She broke me many myths as a piano player in my youth. She was always excellent in whatever she played. Maybe the best piano player of all time. Martha, my dear...
Is she crazy? How does she do that and make it look so effortless?
Mongmongy Yeo That can't be a real question that you are asking? 🤔🤔
hahaam i thought the same
slow practice
@@agamaz5650 *practice
Justin Yeo Dunno if she’s crazy or not, but she is certainly beautiful & a first class player.
the best!! incredible
Immensa allora come oggi❤
It's laughable to think that there were judges sitting there when she could play immeasurably better than each one of them!
Does it really get better than this?!
Her technique,in particular the octaves,was just perfect then.A great example for young pianists(and not-so-young!)to try and emulate.
Zimerman is another one who does everything absolutely correctly.It's a pity there are no visual recordings of Lipatti.😊
Don’t badmouth the jury too much. I mean after all, they did give her the win. What an incredible woman she is, after almost 60 years, STILL being able to perform at this level.
"Does it really get better than this?!"
Yes, for starters without making an elementary mistake of not phrasing the sigh motive in mm. 5-6. Then thinking it is an octave piece, rather than a music piece. Etc., etc.
@@RusskyVoyennyKorablIdiNakhui It’s a damned good thing I’m not as musically educated as you are or have as good an ear as you have or I might not be able to enjoy her performance as much as I do.
@@MHB48615 I am glad you did. Being a pro, I notice things regular listeners do not. That being the case, her 3d scherzo is a flawed interpretation (and I am a Martha fan!)
@@MHB48615 If you are into Chopin generally, and into scherzi in particular, I re-posted a stunning performance on my channel. This guy is a youtuber, he posted a massive amount of historical recordings over the years, and, apparently, used to be a genius-level pianist, before he gave up music and started making a living. I gather, the Russian school. He does not like my playing, so he is not perfect. 🙂 But his 3d scherzo is the real thing, beginning with the sigh motive and concluding with the wildest coda. Check it out --
ua-cam.com/video/JaWrAKo0uvE/v-deo.html
beautiful Martha!!!
since nobody wants to talk about how gorgeous she is here - understandably, as that would sully the conversation about her insane musical ability - I guess i'll have to do it
I know, and that's absurd, she is a woman and she is stunning, a prodigality of finesse.
Fabulous, just fabulous!!!
Exuberante, esplendorosa & magnifica.....el altisimo la creo para otorgar belleza
Terrific!
She is magic
Finally, the last chord! :D
Aside from being one of the very greatest pianists of our time, she us very intelligent and has led an interesting life. Fortunately, there are a few extended interviews with her on Yourtube.
A real intellectual achievement as well to give such unity, grace and precission to this piece, one Chopin's most complex btw. Only one question is left : what would the composer himself think of this interpretation
I’d be surprised if he didn’t rise from his grave and cheer!
6:32 the c sharp being played staccato makes this so much better
Wow you play...❤❤❤i dont know this melody,but you play it❤
Best pianist ever. She should be more recognized and admired.
NOT TRUE! More beautiful colorful piano Sound than Argerich=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy! MORE POWERFUL Louder than Argerich=Mikhail Pletnev the Supernova Explosion power!( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! More Genius than Argerich=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky!
It doesn't get any better...
What a beautiful young woman. And she can also play the piano!
Bella!
Mesmerizing.
Genial ,linda ,sensual e nunca vai aparecer talento igual.😘👍
Not True! More beautiful colorful piano Sound than Argerich=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy! More Powerful Louder than Argerich=Mikhail Pletnev the Supernova Explosion power!( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! More Genius than Argerich=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky!
Goddess
Her talent is only matched by her beauty
Martha and Yuga are just generational pianists. I think I have been given a great gift/blessing just watching and hearing them perform. I say this recognizing the wealth of pianistic talent that one hears in the world and on UA-cam. I guess it is similar to this idea Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart had, talking about defining pornography. Even though he can't adequately define it, he knows it when he sees it.
Sublime!
same song compare this one, i think yundi li did very very close in 2000
thank so much for sharing :) great video recording
Awesome.
Hermosooooooooooo
I was born four years later... wow
Incrivelmente viciante. Linda
Its absurd that she is that talented and that beautiful. Maybe she doesn't have a sense of smell....I like to think everyone's got an Achille's heel of some sort but I sure can't see one :-)
+wiggityp Wiggityp: It is a good thing that your companion doesn't have this all-important trait which you had specified, so that she could tolerate your frequent olfactory mishaps.
Yeah fo' real right! I be fartin' homes.
wiggityp Wiggi: I was unfair: Your point was that everyone has a weakness or a non-talent, or negative attribute. This is true. Regarding this pianist, I don't know what it is, but you had made a truthful innocent comment and I take it back. I bid you all of the best.
Quellle perfection de sensibilité... Chopin doit jubiler!...
wiggityp LMFAOOOO
Es tan linda!!!!!!!!
😍 I love her and my mother loves her too