Martha Argerich starts a piano competition
mainThe city of Vigo in Spain has announced a Martha Argerich Edition of its international piano competition, to be held next April.
The judges will be Martha A., Nelson Freire, Pablo Galdo, Serge Tiempo and Tamas Vasary.
I this we can be fairly confident it will be incorruptible.
No prizes here for teachers’ pets.
Applications open today. Www.vigopianocompetition.com
It will be an interesting event — however, no chamber music and no concerto will be performed, only solo recitals (even in the finals). Remarkable, considering that Mme. Argerich herself so rarely performs solo recitals these days (a great pity, I might add).
And the nonsense continues, the ego has to be fed so now
we have the Martha Argerich Edition . To believe it will
be incorruptible is an idle dream .
From a Vigo music person I hear that this is not true, Argerich has neither been invited nor will be there.
Well, in that case the competition organisation has a LOT of explaining to do… did you look at their website at all (link is provided above)?
Now what is your friend telling? I guess his face is red or is it yours? Next time, inform yourself well. Kind regards