Martha Argerich & Friends - Live in Singapore

"The greatest pianist in the world, the artist whom other pianists almost universally venerate for her formidable technique and her instinctive musicianship" – Washington Post

 

Known for decades as "the greatest pianist in the world, the artist whom other pianists almost universally venerate for her formidable technique and her instinctive musicianship" (Washington Post, 2016), the legendary Martha Argerich returns to Singapore to headline her first festival here!

 

Over the course of three nights, Argerich will share the stage with friends and family in chamber music, and with the Orchestra of the Music Makers with her definitive interpretation of Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto.

 

Keeping with her longtime commitment to championing the future of classical music, Argerich is also immensely proud to present the next generation of young pianists in her festival, including her prodigious 14-year-old grandson David Chen and the newly-crowned Van Cliburn Competition winner Yunchan Lim. Rare events not to be missed!

 

 

PROGRAMMES

CHAMBER MUSIC
Monday, 7 November 2022, 8:15pm

CLARA SCHUMANN – Three Romances, Op. 22
Lyda Chen Argerich, viola
Martha Argerich, piano

CHOPIN – Fantasie-Impromptu, Op. 66
David Chen, piano

RAVEL – Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)
Martha Argerich, piano
David Chen, piano

RACHMANINOV – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Darío Alejandro Ntaca, piano
Martha Argerich, piano

**

ROMANTICS
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 8:15pm

WAGNER – Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengrin
BEETHOVEN – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Ɨ

BRAHMS – Tragic Overture, Op. 81
SCHUMANN – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

David Chen, piano (Beethoven)
Martha Argerich, piano (Schumann)
Orchestra of the Music Makers
Darío Alejandro Ntaca, conductor

**

GENERATIONS
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 8:15pm

HINDEMITH – Trauermusik
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV – Scheherazade, Op. 35
BEETHOVEN – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73

Lyda Chen Argerich, viola (Hindemith)
Yunchan Lim, piano (Beethoven)
Orchestra of the Music Makers
Darío Alejandro Ntaca, conductor

(Programmes subject to change at the artists’ discretion)