Martha Argerich, Evening Talks (2003)
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Description

It took the French film director Georges Gachot 20 years to convince the very private and elusive Martha Argerich to agree to appear on camera for this intimate portrait. The resulting film, Martha Argerich: Evening Talks (Medici Arts 3073428), pays tribute to this great pianist’s 40-year career with a blend of informal conversations and superb performance footage. It also contains rare archival material from across the globe, including footage from her 1957 First Prize win at the Geneva Competition when she was just 16.

Tags

Classical music, Piano

Collected reviews and ratings

10 Amazon user reviews

Filmmaker Georges Gachot, after years of entreaties, gets her to agree, to speak with him on camera. She comes across as a soft-spoken, shy, immensely intelligent but often cryptic person, one who has idiosyncratic but attractive ideas about her relationships with composers and various pieces of music
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9.0 New York Times | Vivien Schweitzer

Daniel Barenboim once told Ms. Argerich she was “like a beautiful painting without a frame.” This film offers fans an insightful, unguarded portrait.
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8.8 The Star | John Terauds

This headstrong, self-assured artist is still the innocent, bewildered 16-year-old who stunned Europe more than half a century ago. In the absence of personal detail, her music speaks louder than any words.
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