How Martha Argerich gets herself on stage (will she, won’t she?)
mainA wonderful clip from Stephanie Argerich’s film, Bloody Daughter, now on UK release.
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This film is a deeply touching masterpiece and should be viewed by anyone who really cares about what makes such wonderful artists – and their immediate entourage – tick.
Perhaps an insight into why Martha Argerich’s concerto and solo repertoire has become rather small.
Crazy but touching film, from this clip we are able to appreciate the courage that it takes for an artist to get on stage.
I think that nobody who doesn’t (have to!) go on stage for a living will ever quite understand what it takes, especially at the top of the profession: there is just indescribable pressure.
Years ago, at the peak of her early career, Argerich was asked who she admired most out of all her peers and she replied: “I think perhaps Artur Rubinstein, because he has learned how to play happily.” This chimes very closely with another statement which runs something like, “I love to play the piano, but I don’t really enjoy concerts.”
There are performers, though, who seem to thrive on the activity; it can be intensely addictive, with the need to experience again that extraordinary sense of achievement which can happen when it all seems – at least for the moment – to go right.
It’s a huge and fascinating subject. Watching this clip, I understand completely what this unbelievably wonderful artist is going through.
Ugh that captures that strangely terrifying and exciting feeling just before the doors open to the stage. I felt a little sick and exhilarated watching it. So glad this documentary is now available here in the UK!
Thanks for the update.
She can’t go on. She must go on. She can’t go on. She must go on . . .