Martha Argerich is playing in a Canadian port village
mainThe piano legend has only two North America dates scheduled this year.
One is next weekend at the Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles.
The other is tomorrow in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, population 2,263.
She is giving a fund-raising masterclass for the village’s academy.
Martha, Martha, Martha. Finish your Beethoven concertos already!
haha – or at the least start playing #3 again!
Not quite accurate. The master class was not a fund raiser. There is a duo concert this afternoon, which is a fundraiser.
The Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance – LAMP – is not the “village’s academy”. It is an international academy for advanced studies in music performance, located in a small town in eastern Canada.
http://www.lampns.ca
Bear in mind that Lunenburg is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. British colonial town named after George II. Protestant settlers, fishing, shipbuilding…
And what an evening it was, stellar performances by both Walter and Martha. Hats off.
Mozart Sonata for two pianis D major K448
Brahms Var. on a Theme by Haydn Op56b
Shostakovich Concertino for two pianos
Ravel Mother Goose
Milhaud Scaramouche
Tchaikowsky Dance Sugar Plum
On 31 March the Nova Scotia Government woke up to LAMP’s world-wide significance with a grant of million dollars for the restoration of this grand old Victorian building.
John, Halifax, Nova Scotia