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In 2013 I wrote a blog entitled I have fallen in love, with a lady<\/a>, about Maria Jo\u00e3o Pires , a Portuguese pianist. Here is a blog about another pianist, Martha Argerich , seen by many as the greatest pianist of our time. Have I fallen in love with another lady? No, but I got intrigued by her, while I was working on my blog Toccatas<\/a>. The last few weeks I have listened to numerous YouTube recordings of her concerts and also watched interviews and documentaries about her. In this blog I will concentrate on her musical achievements, but I will intersperse it with some information about her personal life. A very informative article about her was published in 2016 in the Washington Post<\/a>. Another source of useful information is a blog, The Enigmatic & Extraordinary World of Martha Argerich<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martha Argerich will be 80 this year and is still going strong. Here she is playing at the Lausitz Festival<\/a> in Germany, a few months ago. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic there is no audience, no applause, she is just alone in the huge hall. Kind of weird. Click on the caption to watch the recording. <\/p>\n\n\n\n