Concert for Japan in Paris

Argerich will perform in a benefit concert for the victims of the recent natural disaster in Japan at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris. Other performers who have donated their services include Khatia Buniatishvili, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Natalie Dessay, Nelson Freire, Itamar Golan, Sylvie Guillem, Sayaka Shoji, Rolando Villazón and Lambert Wilson.

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Los Angeles Concerts Cancelled

I'm sad to report that our friends in America are not having much luck with Argerich this year. After the cancellation of her concert at Carnegie Hall with Seiji Ozawa, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has now announced cancellation of her concerts with Gustavo Dudamel this month. She will be replaced by Jeremy Denk (a wonderful pianist and chamber musician in his own right). According to the orchestra's announcement, the cancellation is due to back problems.

Argerich in Verbier

The official programme for this year's Verbier Festival was been unveiled this morning! In what promises to be an even more eclectic season than in previous editions, Argerich performs two concerts in July.

On 22 July, she teams up with regular partners Yuri Bashmet, the Capuçon bros and Nelson Goerner for an evening of chamber music by Schumann, Rachmaninov and Ravel. And on 26 July she will perform in a concert entitled 'Verbier Festival Celebrates', in which some of the works to be performed have now been announced. A star-studded lineup of artists, including Evgeny Kissin, Joshua Bell, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ivry Gitlis, Vadim Repin, Thomas Quasthoff and Mischa Maisky, will perform chamber music works by Brahms, Shostakovich, Kreisler, Schumann among others. The complete programme for the concert will be nearer to the start of the festival, and will no doubt contain a few surprises!

Breaking news: Ozawa concerts cancelled!

The forthcoming concerts of Seiji Ozawa and his Ongaku-Juku Orchestra of Japan have been cancelled, following surgery for a back condition that was more extensive than previously thought. Ozawa has cancelled all concerts until August this year, which means the Argerich appearances in America and Europe are also no longer taking place.
We wish Maestro Ozawa a speedy recovery!

Upcoming EMI CD release: Live from Lugano 2010

In March EMI will release highlights from the 2010 edition of Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano. Although it hasn't been released yet, I've managed to find out more about it and here's a sneak peek into the set.

Klavierfestival Ruhr 2010 Arte Broadcast

© KFR/Mark Wohlrab

The French-German arts channel Arte will broadcast part of last year's Klavierfestival Ruhr concert in which Argerich performed Schumann with friends including cellist Mischa Maisky. It will be broadcast at 7pm on 30 January featuring the works she performed with Maisky; Adagio and Allegro, op. 70, and the Piano Quintet, op. 44. 

Click here for more information (in French) or here (in German)

Renaud Capuçon, Gabrielle Shek, Lyda Chen, Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky

Concerts April 2011

Following their Carnegie Hall appearance, the Ongaku-Juku Orchestra of Seiji Ozawa will make two appearances in Europe in April with the same forces. Argerich returns to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, and then it's off to Vienna's Golden Hall at the Musikverein. The programme remains identical to the New York performance.

Concerts USA 2011

Spring 2011 will see Argerich perform in America. She will play the Beethoven 1st concerto in Los Angeles, and in New York in April, where she will renew a musical partnership with an old friend (also with the Beethoven 1). Perenially Beatle-haired Seiji Ozawa is a valued partner, but one she hasn't performed with in a while. The orchestra of Ozawa's music academy in Japan will play with the Grande Dame. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST POST WITH NEWS OF CANCELLATION.

March 17, 2011 

8pm

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, op. 15 

Martha Argerich, piano · LA Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA 

March 18, 2011

8pm

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, op. 15 

Martha Argerich, piano · LA Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA

March 19, 2011

8pm

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, op. 15 

Martha Argerich, piano · LA Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA

March 20, 2011

8pm

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, op. 15 

Martha Argerich, piano · LA Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA 
CANCELLED DUE TO INDISPOSITION OF ARGERICH

Seiji Ozawa Ongaku-Juku at Carnegie Hall

April 2, 2011

8pm

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, op. 15 

Martha Argerich, piano · Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra Japan/Seiji Ozawa
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
CANCELLED DUE TO INDISPOSITION OF SEIJI OZAWA

Concerts January 2011 (to March 1)

Happy new year! Sorry I've been a bit quiet, but there has not been much information regarding Argerich's concert activity coming in lately, but here's some information for concerts in February.

There are two last-minute additions to the calendar in January, including her first ever performances in Istanbul. This will no doubt be a highlight to Argerich's fans in Turkey!

WDR Klavierfestival Ruhr 2010 Broadcast

The German radio station WDR will broadcast the concert from May 25, of chamber music by Schumann performed by Argerich and friends.

The concert, to be broadcast next Saturday on 16 October at 8.05pm (CET), can be heard on WDR 3 for listeners in Germany, and also available online via live Flash- or MP3-stream for those living outside of Germany.