She’s 77 here. That’s seventy-seven, and a 25-year cancer survivor (seriously BAD BAD metastatic cancer!), yet she can play this brutally difficult concerto as good or better than anyone on the planet. She is in a class by herself, and at 80, still going strong. They don’t make ‘em like this anymore.
I think Martha Argerich is the earth mother of all pianists. Her playing is purely organic. Nothing artificial, no theatrics, just the pure essence of the music.
@@eduard6266 I know, there are so many talented pianists from all generations. I must say she seemed to be having the most fun with Daniel Barenboim and her both at the keyboard.
Amazing. I put away my guitar at 65…. I’m now 80 like Martha…. The dexterity Lost to arthritis, I’m just glad my ears are holding out so I can enjoy my peers who are still able to make music
I am a 92 year old music lover and follower. Argherich is by far the greatest pianist of my lifetime. The hours of pure enjoyment that I owe to her will never be repaid. But I am glad I owe her
I still remember the surreal sight of her coming into the stage - finally in Singapore! - and how the audience refused to stop clapping, so thrilled we were!
oh, i never knew she came here! it would have been a nice trifecta, after hearing her play in Buenos Aires and Madrid... and my favorite concert! damn.
My jaw dropped seeing the speed of her fingers on the piano. This is so lovely! Her fingers dont play like 80 years. She certainly didn't limit herself or retire because of her age. Such blessings.
This performance of Prokofiev 3 by Martha Argerich is such a powerful testament to her humility as an artist. It is never about her; it is always about the music. Absolutely love her. ❤
I watched this performance live, and there were really no words to describe it. It was so good that almost the whole audience gave a standing ovation and wouldn't stop clapping! Great recording, but it's nothing like watching her live. Her musical dynamics and contrasts are truly astounding.
I'm speechless. It seems Martha Argerich was born to elevate Prokofiev to the highest level of interpretation. They are a perfect match, although living in another century. just divine.
The world woke up to the phenomenal talent of the Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich in 1964 when she won the International Chopin Piano Competition at the age of 24. She is now arguably the greatest living pianist and can sell out concerts in minutes. Her trademark mass of lustrous black hair may be grey, but Martha Argerich still looks almost girlish when she steps onto the concert platform. Diminutive, with surprisingly small hands, it comes as a shock when she unleashes her full horse-power and those famous fingers dance over the keyboard.Aug 20, 2019. Everyone - you are listening to and looking at the greatest pianist in the world today. And, she is ranked behind Debussy as one of the greatest of all time, I believe 5th overall. She is 1st in my humble opinion. It is totally amazing to me how she plays this Prokofiev. Pianissimo, Fortissimo, fingering, all amazing. I believe she could do it without looking at the keys. A genius and God has given her to us to hear her play.
Everything is exceptional : Martha, the Singapore orchestra, the chief, the concert hall, the audience, the video recording. Thank you Singapore. I love your country also for that.
I have exactly the same feeling. There is something magical here. The lightings are also beautiful and very soft. I have watched this video countless of time. I especially love the last movement, there is so much emotions.
Michael Livingston she said it herself during an interview. She used to share a flat in Geneva with another pianist. And they used to take turnings to study and sleep as the place was tiny. So she would listened her flat mate practicing whilst she slept and learned the score (she laughed saying she even learned it with the same mistakes her flat mate did)
@@devonchristopher5837 Yes exactly, but you only get better musicaly, but as a pianist ages their skills fade away, what's amazing about Martha is that her power, agility and finger dexterity in her 70s are just the same as they were in her thirties!
The fact that she can play for hours at a time, now over 80 years old is impressive in itself. let alone the fact that she is doing it entirely from memory without making a mistake. She is beyond words impressive.
One of the best piano concertos in the history of music, and one of the best performances of that piece aswell. Sorry for my stupid joke, but imagine how quickly she knits socks for her grand children!
I heard this first on the movie The Competition" I love it. I played a wonderful Argentina composer's piece for my graduating recital danzas Argentinas. Alberto jinastera. That was so much fun. And I don't like much passed classical but had to do neoclassical too. So much fun to play
@@bobmayfield7925 yes it is, she has had a great wonderful life, what we don't see are the hours and hours spend learning to be this good, and I am sure that was not always easy!
Wow! Another bravura performance of a war horse concerto by the peerless Martha Argerich! Her playing is absolutely effortless at nearly 80! Astounding genius!
The lady with fingers of steel. In the first movement there are passages of incredible clean articulation seldom heard played like this. This is unbelievable and as a pianist myself I know the heavenly level she is performing at. We are so fortunate to be alive to witness it.
What blows my mind most about this performance is the way she flies through the final passage and, rather cavalierly, stands up immediately to shake the conductor’s hand….as if she didn’t just perform one of the most difficult concertos ever written 😅
How many others came here after watching Rick Beato's recent video on Martha Argerich? I had never heard of her until today, but I wish I had heard of her long ago. She is indeed amazing!
Almost 80, and after 25 minutes, by the end of the concert... one can hardly see her hands, they should have recorded this at double speed. Sometimes not even looking the keys, giving entrance to the same director. No reading notes, all by memory. It is absolutely not normal, beyond world class.
What I particularly love about her playing is that she has such a large dynamic range, so much feeling and so nuanced and she's playing all of this from memory so flawlessly.
I usually listen to one of Yuga Wang’s performances of this concerto. Her interpretation tends to bring out more of Prokofiev’s impish humor. But Martha Agerich brings out the beauty and fluidity and reminds me that, without her, there might not be a Yuja Wang.
1:21 The bassoonist applauding the clarinetist for nailing the opening solo. I LIVED Such an amazing concerto and a superb presentation by the orchestra
@@yapianomaster it was a joke. Chopin taught the B Major . F sharp major. D flat major scales etc first first due to them fitting the natural shape of the hand
How many pianists, including Horowitz and Rubenstein, would tackle the Prokoviev 3 at 79? None! They didn't! She is amazing and just doesn't quit. Such a brilliant rendering. Thank you for posting and sharing this video.
Horowitz played the Rachmaninoff 3rd at 75. And consider the recital he played in Moscow in his 80s. Incredible mastery and some of what he played is in the top-tier of difficulty in the piano literature, e.g., Etincelles. This is not to denigrate Argerich's achievement here. I heard her play this masterpiece in Boston when she was 77 and it was as good as this. She's an incredibly great pianist, but is not unique in retaining the ability play the instrument near 80 and beyond.
Prokofiev was ahead of his time. His music is unlike any composer's. People often forgot how good he is and kept on focusing on the pianists. Without Prokofiev and all the great composers, all these pianists wont have anything to perform. Thank you Prokofiev for your amazing music. RIP....
Prokovieff was... Not ahead of his time at all. His music is indeed unlike any other composer's, but at the same time Bartok was making his own concerto, and Schoenberg/berg/Webern were mastering serial music. Composing tonal (here, neo-classic) music at that time wasn't "ahead" of the time.
@@arielorthmann4061 What I meant was that not following the academy does not mean being out of date. Can't we just say that his originality was ahead of his time?
@@junehyoungKim-g4l i didn't say he was out of date. Just not ahead of his time. He's part of the neo-classic movement, along with composers such as Poulenc, Ibert...very personal style was very common in the XXth century
What is amazing is the person that composes these pieces, and of course, it's another thing to find some great pianist to play it. She is truly a master of this instrument. She is one of a kind in this century.
Astounding!.No sheet music. She knows when to play it soft, loud, moderate, she knows when to crescendo. She is a true maestro in every since of the word.😳
Martha is a mind boggling Pianist, one of the greatest of the 20th/21st century? The greatest living one?? This recording gives nothing but goosebumps.
Martha joue avec une aisance déconcertante, elle survole le clavier, l 'age n'a pas d'emprise sur elle, c'est l'une des meilleures pianistes, un toucher, une maîtrise technique une puissance de jeu...quel plaisir de la voir jouer et interpréter des pièces aussi difficiles
Великолепная пианистка. Впервые слышу такой звук у рояля. Ей очень идёт играть современную классическую музыку, звук настолько яркий, живой, что получается непередаваемая красота с очень сильными ощущениями и восхищением. И сам композитор Прокофьев - великолепен, современен! Всё-таки русская музыка прекрасна!
My favorite piano concerto! AND my favorite pianist! Thank you so much! I'm 74 and was raised in environment of music my whole life. My mother was an honors graduate from Northwestern University on piano and choral conducting. She tells of one piano jury after which the three professors actually applauded. Unheard of then (late 30's) and still rarely now. The three of us children took lessons (not from our mother, she was too intelligent for that). My final achievement was playing the 1st movement of the Grieg Piano Concerto when I was a high-school junior. After which I focused on the clarinet. My band director said we would perform the Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue if I could learn the clarinet "smear" as it was called then in 1965 (now the "gliss" or glissando). My clarinet teacher/band director. He thought I spent hours on it, but it took about 15 min. to get it roughed. The rest of the time was to build consistency. I taught my son how to do it when he was in 7th grade much to our regret and the band director's.
The killer octaves at 18:01...oh my.. Only she can produce that sound and speed in the most EFFORTLESS manner. She can still literally compete with younger pianists nowadays.
What a stupid comment. She's Martha Argerich hahahaha she doesn't need to compete with anyone hahahahaha, NO YOUNG PIANIST can compete with her, you mean...
You should hear her Tchaikovsky Concerto no.1 on old live performance (maybe around 1980), there's she's swept all the octaves as if she's playing a reguler scale hahaha. Superhuman pianist. Bravo!
Thank you singapore Symphony for sharing this wonderful event. Superb audio recording of a real fine orchestra featuring the last piano diva living. Thanks to Martha for such masterly interpretation. maximum respect. viva musica
Performance with this power at this age. That's a great word. It was good when I was young, but the mature performances that are old are the best. Personally, I like this performance.
No one handles a piano like Margaret Argerich! My mind is infatuated by her hands stroking and almost pounding the keys with the most beautiful results!! Her quickness is faster than my mind can process. She is my most beloved pianist ever. And she shall always be. I am awed by her abilities.
this is my favorite modern piano concerto Prokofiev was incredible.......the Mozarts are my other fav........Prokofiev is a master at layering complex woodwind chords that sound phenomenal
I'll never tire of watching this. Absolutely thrilling, and the climax at the end is wonderful. I love the way Argerich stands up at the end in a matter of fact way - as if she's just finished hoovering the front lounge.
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A freaking legend. Can't even word my ecstatic happiness while i watch this video
Martha, your interpretations of these great works are just amazing.......exciting.....a blessed musician you are. You have taught many with your music. So far as my maturity in music, greater appreciation..... just amazing! A real thrill in my heart! Thank you! .Blessings! And the orchestras and maestros......superb!!!!!
7:56 The interplay with the flutes is simply brilliant. The way the sound imperceptibly jumps from one instrument to the other and back again is flawless. This is how Prokofiev must have imagined it.
There is not much you can say about Argerich. I think all it has been said already. I just think thre is no pianist today as her, and there are many good ones. Now, I did have something to say, but again, it is just aligned with was has been said before by evryone.
heck, yeah clap after that first movement! That was straight 🔥 Also, seeing Martha mercilessly tear this piece apart at age 80 is one of the most inspiring things I’ve ever seen.
Always moving to see how much respect and love for Martha audiences around the world for Ms. Argerich, well aware that they have the rare opportunity to see one of the greatest pianists ever, now approaching her 80th year. She is in her best form here, carefully monitoring her own playing and tempo so as not to leave the orchestra in the dust, and still in some sections the orchestra gets a little ragged, especially the French horns,
00:51 - Movement I, Andante - Allegro - 06:55 - Scale Run - 09:02 - Fun timbre - 09:44 - Scale Run (2) 10:23 - Movement II, Tema con variazioni - 11:16 - Variation I/Cadenza, L'istesso tempo - 12:21 - Variation II, Allegro - 13:08 - Variation III, Allegro moderato (poco meno mosso) - 14:24 - Variation IV, Andante Meditativo - 17:16 - Variation V, Allegro guisto - 17:44 - Theme - 18:02 - Theme up - 18:19 - Arpegios - 18:32 - Tema, L'istesso tempo - 19:26 - Assai rit - 19:38 - Molto menno mosso 20:10 - Movement III, Allegro, ma non troppo - 28:27 - Coda - 29:10 - Getting crazier - 29:27 - More crazy - 29:45 - Ring ring ring - 29:51 - Getting sinister - 30:05 - Fun - 30:12 - Halloween? - 30:19 - The end
She is clearly loved ❤ never have I seen a world class performer who is so normal, down to earth and has such a natural aire 🎉Unlike a lot of other classical pianists.
I was a science major. There is no indication of undue friction in her body or breathing in relation to her fingers working that keyboard. Place a sensor band around her head to record and illustrate the neural - muscular transmission while she plays. If the viewing screen were the heavens , you would see such a tapestry of light speed messaging flashing amid the stars that the whole world would fall in love with night.
Ms. Argerich, I have admired you all my life. I will never forget your performance in Switzerland - Schumann piano sonatas with Gideon Kramer. Early 80s. I was so lucky to be in the audience at the time - and even luckier to meet you back stage! Will never forget, even though it was many decades ago! I'm sure you hear this every day many times, but I gotta tell you one more time: You will go down in history as one of the most formidible pianists of the 20th/21st century. Thank- you from the bottom of my heart for the many, many hours of wonderful enjoyment, and for all you do for our art. DeAnna Howe
Let’s pause for a moment to salute Max Lima for making all of this Martha treasure available for us to enjoy. I , for one, can’t thank him enough. Hearing Argerich play feels like winning the lottery every time!
she was waiting for them to hurry up for quite a few places .. she is more skillful than the orchestra -- some of her other final movements are grander, as the conductor was more on her level
I've loved her since I was four years old. Do you notice that at times it appears her fingers don't even touch the keys? It's quite extraordinary. And to play this as Martha does, you have to be a world-class athlete to have that much stamina, strength, and especially control of her entire body, again, like an athlete.
She’s 77 here. That’s seventy-seven, and a 25-year cancer survivor (seriously BAD BAD metastatic cancer!), yet she can play this brutally difficult concerto as good or better than anyone on the planet. She is in a class by herself, and at 80, still going strong. They don’t make ‘em like this anymore.
She was inspired by Horowitz, let's see, hope she lasts long.
Just saw her yesterday play this concerto. She's 81 now, no words.
@@bautistap8515 ¿Estuviste en el Colón? Yo también!!
@@dyadic asi es.
@@bautistap8515 ¿También asististe al concierto del 18? Tu cara me suena a la del chico que me preguntó si formo parte de alguna orquestra 😅
I think Martha Argerich is the earth mother of all pianists. Her playing is purely organic. Nothing artificial, no theatrics, just the pure essence of the music.
So true
Totally agree.
Yes1
I wonder who you would consider her make counterpart to be. There are so many options. Kissin, Barenboim, Ashkenazy, Gould, etc...
@@eduard6266 I know, there are so many talented pianists from all generations. I must say she seemed to be having the most fun with Daniel Barenboim and her both at the keyboard.
Prokofiev would cry. Totally brings his music to life. Sounds like it should-spontaneous. Absolutely beautiful. Makes me weep. It's like she wrote it.
What Iove about Profokiev is that he didn't play by the rules. Either does Martha.....
prokofiev himself brought his music to life when he composed it.
@@Alex-oy6ss no shit. But while someone is dead I guess we've the duty to keep this music being played and renewed, or more well put, alive.
This performance "sparkles" as no other I've heard. Astonishing composition and performance.
Martha Argerich fue declarada la pianista del milenio ❤❤❤
Amazing. I put away my guitar at 65…. I’m now 80 like Martha…. The dexterity Lost to arthritis, I’m just glad my ears are holding out so I can enjoy my peers who are still able to make music
She's not your peer lil bro 😂
@@markredford84peer as in same age group... your comment was unnecessary and disrespectful
@blood_cube The original commenter was more disrespectful by saying that martha lost her dexterity. 😮
I am a 92 year old music lover and follower. Argherich is by far the greatest pianist of my lifetime. The hours of pure enjoyment that I owe to her will never be repaid. But I am glad I owe her
Yuja Wang says hi.
It seems that Prokofiev wrote his piano concertos especially for her.
I wish they had known each other, Sergei could have cajoled her to play the second concerto :-)
@@willemboone7912 if they met each other you probably wouldn't be watching this video now
She only plays/played 2 out of 5 concertos
@@felipe2637lol, I get it
In an interview, Martha once said that Prokofiev is her best friend. Now I can see what she meant.
I looked for this Concerto after I saw that interview today.
In that interview she said she "knew him - probably." Cool answer!
да Прокофьев музыка для сердца и души
And Martha Argerich is definitely Prokofiev's music's best friend!
Also it meant she didn't get out much.
I still remember the surreal sight of her coming into the stage - finally in Singapore! - and how the audience refused to stop clapping, so thrilled we were!
that's like so lucky of you! did she play any encore for this? what piece if she did? :D
@@espadae8697 Yes she did! There were not one but two encores, a Scarlatti and Debussy's La soirée dans Grenade!
Argh! I missed it!!!!!! I'm in Singapore too!
oh, i never knew she came here! it would have been a nice trifecta, after hearing her play in Buenos Aires and Madrid... and my favorite concert! damn.
This makes me cry! How amazing that must have been!
My jaw dropped seeing the speed of her fingers on the piano. This is so lovely!
Her fingers dont play like 80 years. She certainly didn't limit herself or retire because of her age. Such blessings.
Beginner: pieces in c major are so easy!
Prokofiev: *NO*
lol yup :)
True!
lol
It's the most difficult key to play in.
everything is so far apart
This performance of Prokofiev 3 by Martha Argerich is such a powerful testament to her humility as an artist. It is never about her; it is always about the music. Absolutely love her. ❤
I was there seated at the second row from the stage, totally mesmerized by Martha"s stunning performance. To watch her live was a dream come true.
My jealousy knows no bounds! Lucky you.
great, witness of a historical art event!
I am not a naturally jealous person, but of this I am SUPER jealous!
wooowwwwww
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I watched this performance live, and there were really no words to describe it. It was so good that almost the whole audience gave a standing ovation and wouldn't stop clapping! Great recording, but it's nothing like watching her live. Her musical dynamics and contrasts are truly astounding.
The Supreme artist.
Grande interprete! Ho i suoi migliori vinili.luis.
I'm speechless. It seems Martha Argerich was born to elevate Prokofiev to the highest level of interpretation. They are a perfect match, although living in another century. just divine.
The world woke up to the phenomenal talent of the Argentinian pianist Martha Argerich in 1964 when she won the International Chopin Piano Competition at the age of 24. She is now arguably the greatest living pianist and can sell out concerts in minutes.
Her trademark mass of lustrous black hair may be grey, but Martha Argerich still looks almost girlish when she steps onto the concert platform. Diminutive, with surprisingly small hands, it comes as a shock when she unleashes her full horse-power and those famous fingers dance over the keyboard.Aug 20, 2019.
Everyone - you are listening to and looking at the greatest pianist in the world today. And, she is ranked behind Debussy as one of the greatest of all time, I believe 5th overall. She is 1st in my humble opinion. It is totally amazing to me how she plays this Prokofiev. Pianissimo, Fortissimo, fingering, all amazing. I believe she could do it without looking at the keys. A genius and God has given her to us to hear her play.
Everything is exceptional : Martha, the Singapore orchestra, the chief, the concert hall, the audience, the video recording. Thank you Singapore. I love your country also for that.
I have exactly the same feeling. There is something magical here. The lightings are also beautiful and very soft. I have watched this video countless of time. I especially love the last movement, there is so much emotions.
Martha Argerich is a living legend. She said this concerto was "easy" to her... Total respect !!!
and that she learnt it in her sleep while her neighbour was practising it
Easy????
@@Charlie-vf8hw I don't know if that's true but it's a great story either way.
Michael Livingston she said it herself during an interview. She used to share a flat in Geneva with another pianist. And they used to take turnings to study and sleep as the place was tiny. So she would listened her flat mate practicing whilst she slept and learned the score (she laughed saying she even learned it with the same mistakes her flat mate did)
Herman Munoz Ratto , 😱😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Martha's getting older - as we all do - but her power never seems to fade! Amazing!
The thing with music is when you get older the better you will be
@@devonchristopher5837 Yes exactly, but you only get better musicaly, but as a pianist ages their skills fade away, what's amazing about Martha is that her power, agility and finger dexterity in her 70s are just the same as they were in her thirties!
and that's how you play when you practise 40 hours a day all your life.
She never practiced much, even as a kid she played an hour or two
@@likacheishvili6614 r/woosh
lingling would bbe proud
Can’t compare she is always an exceptional
And we are just human
that's how you play when you're a prodigy.
It is quite perturbing that she plays this massive difficult piece at 77 as when she was 30......
Damn. I must get to the gym. Go Martha!
better!
The fact that she can play for hours at a time, now over 80 years old is impressive in itself. let alone the fact that she is doing it entirely from memory without making a mistake. She is beyond words impressive.
One of the best piano concertos in the history of music, and one of the best performances of that piece aswell. Sorry for my stupid joke, but imagine how quickly she knits socks for her grand children!
I heard this first on the movie The Competition" I love it. I played a wonderful Argentina composer's piece for my graduating recital danzas Argentinas. Alberto jinastera. That was so much fun. And I don't like much passed classical but had to do neoclassical too. So much fun to play
Every time I see this video (I've lost count) it's like I see and hear it for the first time. Argerich is impeccable and thrilling.
And I love any woman who appears with gray hair. That's enough for me.
She's super human...like for real. I wish she'd perform Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 again.
So do I
Just remember she's almost 80.
Aren’t we all
It’s so sad to see true legends getting older...
(!) Born June 5, 1941. The Wikipedia article is a great read.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Argerich
@@bobmayfield7925 yes it is, she has had a great wonderful life, what we don't see are the hours and hours spend learning to be this good, and I am sure that was not always easy!
Jutta Weise it’s a very lonely journey practicing for hours by yourself! However it does offer a cathartic aspect as well!😀
Wow! Another bravura performance of a war horse concerto by the peerless Martha Argerich! Her playing is absolutely effortless at nearly 80! Astounding genius!
How fortunate are we! She’s still alive in 2021, still giving concerts. ❤️
The lady with fingers of steel. In the first movement there are passages of incredible clean articulation seldom heard played like this. This is unbelievable and as a pianist myself I know the heavenly level she is performing at. We are so fortunate to be alive to witness it.
I'll see her perform this year, I feel so lucky!
I think this is the best recording of Prokofiev's 3rd piano concerto, I am very impressed
What blows my mind most about this performance is the way she flies through the final passage and, rather cavalierly, stands up immediately to shake the conductor’s hand….as if she didn’t just perform one of the most difficult concertos ever written 😅
Exactly my comment. She behaves as though she's just finished doing a bit of light dusting.
This is my favorite musical performance of all time. Martha's hands have a life of their own. I felt like I was watching the creation of the World.
How many others came here after watching Rick Beato's recent video on Martha Argerich? I had never heard of her until today, but I wish I had heard of her long ago. She is indeed amazing!
@@ReasonableExpectations What Doug said.
Same here.
Me too !
Yes, thank you, Rick Beato
me ditto
Almost 80, and after 25 minutes, by the end of the concert... one can hardly see her hands, they should have recorded this at double speed. Sometimes not even looking the keys, giving entrance to the same director. No reading notes, all by memory. It is absolutely not normal, beyond world class.
Mind-blowing - She is a living miracle.
What I particularly love about her playing is that she has such a large dynamic range, so much feeling and so nuanced and she's playing all of this from memory so flawlessly.
Every single rendition is different, yet it's alway Argerich's energy: indomitable.
Yh her versions are definitely the best
I usually listen to one of Yuga Wang’s performances of this concerto. Her interpretation tends to bring out more of Prokofiev’s impish humor. But Martha Agerich brings out the beauty and fluidity and reminds me that, without her, there might not be a Yuja Wang.
1:21
The bassoonist applauding the clarinetist for nailing the opening solo. I LIVED
Such an amazing concerto and a superb presentation by the orchestra
thats so sweet :(
07:02 This progression is simply mind-blowing. Martha Argerich plays this with an ease and musicality which is simply unparalleled.
In C major.. Must be easy then 😂
Prokofiev is never easy 😆😩
@@erikfreitas7093 for some 😂
Hmm not at all
I dont know why people thinks C major is an easy scale hh.. our fingers fit better with Gb major Db major and such
@@yapianomaster it was a joke. Chopin taught the B Major
. F sharp major. D flat major scales etc first first due to them fitting the natural shape of the hand
How many pianists, including Horowitz and Rubenstein, would tackle the Prokoviev 3 at 79? None! They didn't! She is amazing and just doesn't quit. Such a brilliant rendering. Thank you for posting and sharing this video.
Martha 's normal exuberance shines bright for all to hear & see once again.
Horowitz played the Rachmaninoff 3rd at 75. And consider the recital he played in Moscow in his 80s. Incredible mastery and some of what he played is in the top-tier of difficulty in the piano literature, e.g., Etincelles.
This is not to denigrate Argerich's achievement here. I heard her play this masterpiece in Boston when she was 77 and it was as good as this. She's an incredibly great pianist, but is not unique in retaining the ability play the instrument near 80 and beyond.
SIMP much?
what kind of witchcraft is this? nobody can play like that with that age! :O
That is a nearly 80 year old woman crushing a really tough concerto. Amazing.
How can such a piece even exist? Prokofiev the great maestro has given a true gift back to the universe.
7:01 That build-up is so incredible. One of the best moments of any piano concerto imo
agree!
Yeah
Totally agree with you
Unreal...
Absolutely incredible!!!
She was almost 80 here, and still she was playing like a 20-year old! ;-) ^^
Prokofiev was ahead of his time. His music is unlike any composer's. People often forgot how good he is and kept on focusing on the pianists. Without Prokofiev and all the great composers, all these pianists wont have anything to perform. Thank you Prokofiev for your amazing music. RIP....
Prokovieff was... Not ahead of his time at all. His music is indeed unlike any other composer's, but at the same time Bartok was making his own concerto, and Schoenberg/berg/Webern were mastering serial music. Composing tonal (here, neo-classic) music at that time wasn't "ahead" of the time.
@@arielorthmann4061 Prokofiev hated academism.
@@junehyoungKim-g4l nice comment that has nothing to do with what I said
@@arielorthmann4061 What I meant was that not following the academy does not mean being out of date. Can't we just say that his originality was ahead of his time?
@@junehyoungKim-g4l i didn't say he was out of date. Just not ahead of his time. He's part of the neo-classic movement, along with composers such as Poulenc, Ibert...very personal style was very common in the XXth century
What is amazing is the person that composes these pieces, and of course, it's another thing to find some great pianist to play it. She is truly a master of this instrument. She is one of a kind in this century.
Well, Prokofiev used to play his 3rd concerto very often, and it was in the ... 20th century !
Astounding!.No sheet music. She knows when to play it soft, loud, moderate, she knows when to crescendo. She is a true maestro in every since of the word.😳
She’s also 78 in this which is remarkable
@@daniels7052 Amazing indeed. She didn't miss a beat.
*maestra
Playing by heart is really standard
that's kinda the bare minimum of any classical pianist lol ... her excellence is something even beyond me, a mere piano major...
Martha is a mind boggling Pianist, one of the greatest of the 20th/21st century? The greatest living one?? This recording gives nothing but goosebumps.
Martha to orchestra at 1:44: "Vamos!"; Martha at 1:53: "I SAID - 'vamos'"; Flautist at 2:05: "I'm trying, I'm trying!"
Hah nice comment. It’s supposed to be a tug-o-war between the orchestra and the pianist, so you nailed it on the head! :)
Boraa
Martha joue avec une aisance déconcertante, elle survole le clavier, l 'age n'a pas d'emprise sur elle, c'est l'une des meilleures pianistes, un toucher, une maîtrise technique une puissance de jeu...quel plaisir de la voir jouer et interpréter des pièces aussi difficiles
Великолепная пианистка. Впервые слышу такой звук у рояля. Ей очень идёт играть современную классическую музыку, звук настолько яркий, живой, что получается непередаваемая красота с очень сильными ощущениями и восхищением. И сам композитор Прокофьев - великолепен, современен! Всё-таки русская музыка прекрасна!
My favorite piano concerto! AND my favorite pianist!
Thank you so much!
I'm 74 and was raised in environment of music my whole life.
My mother was an honors graduate from Northwestern University on piano and choral conducting.
She tells of one piano jury after which the three professors actually applauded. Unheard of then (late 30's) and still rarely now.
The three of us children took lessons (not from our mother, she was too intelligent for that).
My final achievement was playing the 1st movement of the Grieg Piano Concerto when I was a high-school junior. After which I focused on the clarinet.
My band director said we would perform the Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue if I could learn the clarinet "smear" as it was called then in 1965 (now the "gliss" or glissando).
My clarinet teacher/band director.
He thought I spent hours on it, but it took about 15 min. to get it roughed. The rest of the time was to build consistency.
I taught my son how to do it when he was in 7th grade much to our regret and the band director's.
All the down votes are from Martha's former piano students who were given this piece to perform in a recital.
The killer octaves at 18:01...oh my.. Only she can produce that sound and speed in the most EFFORTLESS manner. She can still literally compete with younger pianists nowadays.
What a stupid comment. She's Martha Argerich hahahaha she doesn't need to compete with anyone hahahahaha, NO YOUNG PIANIST can compete with her, you mean...
There's another monstrous octave run in the Tchaikovsky 1st that she plays effortlessly and it's one of the most surreal things I've ever seen
literally
You should hear her Tchaikovsky Concerto no.1 on old live performance (maybe around 1980), there's she's swept all the octaves as if she's playing a reguler scale hahaha. Superhuman pianist. Bravo!
she said she has a “thing for octaves.” Oh Martha, you’re the real lioness of the piano.
Thank you singapore Symphony for sharing this wonderful event. Superb audio recording of a real fine orchestra featuring the last piano diva living. Thanks to Martha for such masterly interpretation. maximum respect. viva musica
What a tremendous performance. Martha is the best pianoplayer ever.
Performance with this power at this age. That's a great word. It was good when I was young, but the mature performances that are old are the best.
Personally, I like this performance.
No one handles a piano like Margaret Argerich! My mind is infatuated by her hands stroking and almost pounding the keys with the most beautiful results!! Her quickness is faster than my mind can process. She is my most beloved pianist ever. And she shall always be. I am awed by her abilities.
this is my favorite modern piano concerto Prokofiev was incredible.......the Mozarts are my other fav........Prokofiev is a master at layering complex woodwind chords that sound phenomenal
As close to pure magic as you'll ever see.
How in the world does she remember all of this? She is incredible.
I want a world more like this, please.
THE QUEEN!
I'll never tire of watching this. Absolutely thrilling, and the climax at the end is wonderful. I love the way Argerich stands up at the end in a matter of fact way - as if she's just finished hoovering the front lounge.
A freaking legend. Can't even word my ecstatic happiness while i watch this video
Yh it always puts me in a good mood when I’m having a difficult day
at 7:02 - no change in her tempo from as far back as I can find. Astonishing... Amazing. IMO the greatest modern pianist.
Martha, your interpretations of these great works are just amazing.......exciting.....a blessed musician you are. You have taught many with your music. So far as my maturity in music, greater appreciation..... just amazing! A real thrill in my heart! Thank you! .Blessings! And the orchestras and maestros......superb!!!!!
7:56 The interplay with the flutes is simply brilliant. The way the sound imperceptibly jumps from one instrument to the other and back again is flawless. This is how Prokofiev must have imagined it.
Yes it's stunning. The flutes blend in the piano and vice versa, this is so beautiful.
i love how she's just tapping her leg during these passages like she's just doing a 30 minute warm up
I just shake my head in disbelief thinking how amazing and talented beyond recognition she is as a genius pianist. 😅.
She had to be 'talked into' pursuing the piano when she was much younger...lol
I was there too! All hail to the queen.
By the way, the flute solo also beautiful!
There is not much you can say about Argerich. I think all it has been said already. I just think thre is no pianist today as her, and there are many good ones. Now, I did have something to say, but again, it is just aligned with was has been said before by evryone.
she's NOT only one of the GREATEST pianist of all time... she's one heck of a gracious lady!!!! HATS off to Argerich... !
Nobody should be able to play Ike that.
heck, yeah clap after that first movement! That was straight 🔥 Also, seeing Martha mercilessly tear this piece apart at age 80 is one of the most inspiring things I’ve ever seen.
Some people are just clueless!
私ね、このプロコフィエフの曲大好きなんです。んで、アルゲリッチも好きなんです。なに？神ですか？ありがとうございます
Always moving to see how much respect and love for Martha audiences around the world for Ms. Argerich, well aware that they have the rare opportunity to see one of the greatest pianists ever, now approaching her 80th year. She is in her best form here, carefully monitoring her own playing and tempo so as not to leave the orchestra in the dust, and still in some sections the orchestra gets a little ragged, especially the French horns,
i remember the trumpet soloist breaking down during the gershwin F major concerto second movement
00:51 - Movement I, Andante - Allegro
- 06:55 - Scale Run
- 09:02 - Fun timbre
- 09:44 - Scale Run (2)
10:23 - Movement II, Tema con variazioni
- 11:16 - Variation I/Cadenza, L'istesso tempo
- 12:21 - Variation II, Allegro
- 13:08 - Variation III, Allegro moderato (poco meno mosso)
- 14:24 - Variation IV, Andante Meditativo
- 17:16 - Variation V, Allegro guisto
- 17:44 - Theme
- 18:02 - Theme up
- 18:19 - Arpegios
- 18:32 - Tema, L'istesso tempo
- 19:26 - Assai rit
- 19:38 - Molto menno mosso
20:10 - Movement III, Allegro, ma non troppo
- 28:27 - Coda
- 29:10 - Getting crazier
- 29:27 - More crazy
- 29:45 - Ring ring ring
- 29:51 - Getting sinister
- 30:05 - Fun
- 30:12 - Halloween?
- 30:19 - The end
She is clearly loved ❤ never have I seen a world class performer who is so normal, down to earth and has such a natural aire 🎉Unlike a lot of other classical pianists.
I was a science major. There is no indication of undue friction in her body or breathing in relation to her fingers working that keyboard. Place a sensor band around her head to record and illustrate the neural - muscular transmission while she plays. If the viewing screen were the heavens , you would see such a tapestry of light speed messaging flashing amid the stars that the whole world would fall in love with night.
I wish the camera would just focus on her hands through the entire work. I could just watch her effortless technique forever.
Prokofiev must have been the inspiration for John William's music for Star Wars. Martha Argerich is always incredible!
au delà de la science, c'est vertigineux! merci pour ce moment de grâce.
My favorite pianist on the planet!!! She always says that Prokofiev is her favorite composer to perform!!!
Once every hundred years? two hundred? I am wondering how often does a talent like this visits this world.
Ms. Argerich, I have admired you all my life. I will never forget your performance in Switzerland - Schumann piano sonatas with Gideon Kramer. Early 80s. I was so lucky to be in the audience at the time - and even luckier to meet you back stage! Will never forget, even though it was many decades ago! I'm sure you hear this every day many times, but I gotta tell you one more time: You will go down in history as one of the most formidible pianists of the 20th/21st century. Thank- you from the bottom of my heart for the many, many hours of wonderful enjoyment, and for all you do for our art.
DeAnna Howe
One of the most beautiful concertos ever written! The ending with all its modal scales is gorgeous.
若い頃の演奏もパワフルで凄いけど、こちらの方がさらに断然素晴らしいと思う。作品世界が豊かに繊細になり、内面的な力も衰えを知らず、ピアニストになるために生まれてきた人なんだなあと感嘆のひと言だメェ。
Let’s pause for a moment to salute Max Lima for making all of this Martha treasure available for us to enjoy. I , for one, can’t thank him enough. Hearing Argerich play feels like winning the lottery every time!
Lol this was uploaded by Singapore Symphony Orchestra
she was waiting for them to hurry up for quite a few places .. she is more skillful than the orchestra -- some of her other final movements are grander, as the conductor was more on her level
Argerich’s ability to adapt to the needs of the moment/situation are quite admirable.
I've loved her since I was four years old. Do you notice that at times it appears her fingers don't even touch the keys? It's quite extraordinary. And to play this as Martha does, you have to be a world-class athlete to have that much stamina, strength, and especially control of her entire body, again, like an athlete.
My favorite part of this whole thing starts at 29:40
MARTA ARGERICH IS A GREAT PIANIST, AND SHE IS ALSO FROM ARGENTINA, MY COUNTRY. THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING CONCERT !!!
Pero ella e de origin Judea❤como yo soy
Brava Martha!!! Absolutely amazing, brilliant, outstanding performance!!!
Thank you Rick Beato for bringing me here
+1, yes!
Me too.
and me!
Yup! And well worth the trip.
@@mrstrypes SAME !
Her technique... second to none
Thank You giving me this kind of precious opportunity. Her performance is filled with passion nowadays .🎶💐🎹
She can play in my band anytime