Progetto Martha Argerich 2011

As every year, the picturesque Swiss city of Lugano hosts the Progetto Martha Argerich with its eclectic programme, along with the interesting mix of the master artists with the promising artists of the future.

This year sees Argerich perform in nine concerts, and as has been seen in the last editions of the Progetto, she will play works new in her repertoire for the first time in Lugano (Julius Zarebski's rarely-heard piano quintet and Mozart's sonata for piano 4 hands, KV 497)

Concerts June 2011

UPDATE: SCHUMANN CONCERTO CANCELLED DUE TO INDISPOSITION OF ARGERICH. NIKOLAI LUGANSKY WILL REPLACE HER WITH BEETHOVEN 4TH PIANO CONCERTO
 
Argerich returns to London for a performance of Schumann's piano concerto on June 7, two days after her birthday. She will be partnered by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Charles Dutoit.

June 7, 2011
7.30pm
Schumann: Piano Concerto, op. 54
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Dutoit
Royal Festival Hall, London, England

Benefit Concert in Berlin

At the end of May, members of the Berliner Philharmoniker will join forces with cellists Mischa Maisky, Jing Zhao, pianist Itamar Golan and Martha Argerich to play two benefit concerts for the FTV Junior Orchestra of Japan.

Itamar Golan and Argerich will perform four-hand piano works by Mozart and Schubert, and  Guy Braunstein and Daishin Kashimoto, two of the four concertmasters of the Berlin Philharmonic, along with the orchestra's new principal violist Amihai Grosz, will play works by Shostakovich, Dvorak and Schumann.  

Concerts July/August 2011

Salle des Combins, Verbier

Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Royal Albert Hall, London

Konzerthaus, Dortmund

July and August sees Argerich in four European countries; Germany, England, Switzerland and Scotland. First up is a concert at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr on 14 July, where she will perform with Lilya Zilberstein. Then she will jet off to Verbier for a concert on July 22. And in August she will perform with Nelson Goerner at the Edinburgh Festival.