Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995)

The early years of Martha Argerich in Buenos Aires 1941-52; her lessons with Vincenzo Scaramuzza; friendship with Daniel Barenboim

The early years of Martha Argerich in Buenos Aires 1941-52; her lessons with Vincenzo Scaramuzza; friendship with Daniel Barenboim

Hamburg 2021

Financial Times 8 July 2011 Michelangeli confined himself to the G major concerto. How did he influence her during the 18 months she spent with him? “I don’t know. He was around most of the time but he wasn’t interested in us [pupils]. He only gave me four lessons. Later he told an interviewer: ‘I did a lot for that girl.’ When asked what he had done for me, he replied: ‘I taught her the music of silence’.” This is a joke, and we both laugh. She says Michelangeli was generou