Vincenzo Scaramuzza (also known as Vicente Scaramuzza ; 1885–1968) was an Italian pianist and music teacher.
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62-479: A 2012 documentary film about her mother, titled Bloody Daughter . Vincenzo Scaramuzza Scaramuzza was born in Crotone , Italy , on June 19, 1885. Introduced to the piano by his father, Francesco, a renowned piano teacher, he started performing at the age of seven. After passing a difficult exam, he won a scholarship that allowed him to continue his studies in the prestigious Academy of Music of San Pietro
93-572: A 2019 interview that she is strongly against capital punishment and admires the French politician Robert Badinter , who enacted the abolition of the death penalty in France. Her friend pianist Daniel Barenboim stated that when he contacted the Argentine president Mauricio Macri in 2016, asking him to accept Syrian refugees into the country, it was also on behalf of Argerich. In 1990, Argerich
124-538: A CD of homage to her teacher. He also taught tango pianists Arminda Canteros, Osvaldo Pugliese , Horacio Salgán , Atilio Stampone , Orlando Goñi, Antonio de Raco and Sylvia Kersenbaum . He was also a composer. Among his few compositions were Bosco Incantato , Hamlet , both chamber music works, and four Mazurkas composed for the piano. He left no record of his teaching system as a book, but one of his students, Maria Rosa Oubiña de Castro, reconstructed it from material he wrote down in his lifetime. The resulting book
155-464: A Maiella in Naples where he met the best teachers of the time, like Florestano Rossomandi, Alessandro Longo and Beniamino Cesi . He was still very young when he got his diploma with the congratulations of the jury and began his career as a concert pianist, performing in the biggest Italian towns. But his great aspiration was teaching. At his time, it was very difficult to get a teaching post in any of
186-468: A bit vulgar at times, but in this of all concertos, with Barenboim and the orchestra following each twist and turn, every little quickening and moment of expressive reflection, it seemed entirely appropriate". Argerich returned to the Proms at the age of 78 in 2019 to perform Tchaikovsky 's First Piano Concerto under the baton of Barenboim, a performance described as "mesmerizing". Argerich's first marriage
217-520: A member of the jury at international competitions. The pianist Ivo Pogorelić was thrust into the musical spotlight partly as a result of Argerich's actions: after he was eliminated in the third round of the 1980 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw , Argerich proclaimed him a genius and left the jury in protest. According to Đặng Thái Sơn , the eventual winner, Argerich made
248-419: A particular connection. Argerich has often remarked in interviews of feeling "lonely" on stage during solo performances. Since the 1980s, she has staged few solo performances, concentrating instead on concertos and, in particular, chamber music , and collaborating with instrumentalists in sonatas . Argerich has also promoted younger pianists, both through her annual festival and through her appearances as
279-488: A promotional tone from September 2024 All articles with a promotional tone Martha Argerich Martha Argerich ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾta aɾxeˈɾitʃ] ; Eastern Catalan: [əɾʒəˈɾik] ; born 5 June 1941) is an Argentine classical concert pianist . She is widely considered to be one of the greatest pianists of all time. Born and raised in Buenos Aires , Argerich gave her debut concert at
310-532: A recital at Carnegie Hall benefiting the institute. As of 2023 , Argerich remains cancer-free. In August 2023 she was forced to cancel several concerts in Germany and Switzerland due to an undisclosed illness. In 2002, director Georges Gachot [ de ] released Martha Argerich: Conversation nocturne (Martha Argerich: Evening Talks) , a documentary film about Argerich. Stéphanie Argerich Blagojevic, using film she had shot since childhood, directed
341-1008: Is a piano academy. Administration [ edit ] President of Honor: Martha Argerich President and Artistic Director: William Grant Naboré Vice President: Stanislav Ioudenitch External links [ edit ] Official Website of the International Piano Academy Lake Como Official Website of the Lake Como International Piano Foundation founded by William Grant Naboré Authority control databases : Geographic [REDACTED] MusicBrainz place Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_Piano_Academy_Lake_Como&oldid=1244910851 " Category : Music schools in Italy Hidden categories: Articles with
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#1732797420147372-463: Is titled Enseñanzas de un gran maestro , and was published in 1973. Furthermore, four other relevant books have subsequently been published: L'arte pianistica di Vincenzo Scaramuzza by Prof. Antonio Lavoratore in 1987, Le Moi intime du Piano by Pierre Tran in 2009, Vincenzo Scaramuzza - Il Maestro dei grandi pianisti by Panzica Pamela Ivana Edmea in 2012 and Vicente Scaramuzza. La vigencia de una escuela pianística by Sebastian Colombo in 2013. In
403-724: The Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition within three weeks of each other. Following this success, Argerich had a personal and artistic crisis. After an abortive attempt to study with the Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli , who gave her only four lessons in the space of 18 months, she went to New York City , hoping but failing to meet and study with her idol, Vladimir Horowitz . She did not play
434-750: The Lugano Festival. She has also created and been a General Director of the Argerich Music Festival and Encounter in Beppu , Japan, since 1996. Her aversion to the press and publicity has resulted in her remaining out of the limelight for most of her career. Nevertheless, she is widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists in history. Her performance of Liszt's First Piano Concerto conducted by Daniel Barenboim at The Proms 2016 prompted this review in The Guardian : "It
465-720: The VII International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1965, at age 24. In that same year, she debuted in the United States in Lincoln Center 's Great Performers Series. In 1960, she had made her first commercial recording, which included works by Chopin , Brahms , Ravel , Prokofiev , and Liszt ; it received critical acclaim upon its release in 1961. She has since recorded works by composers including Ginastera , Rachmaninoff and Schumann , to whom she describes feeling
496-501: The "beautiful gesture" of sending a public telegram to the judging committee to congratulate him, after learning the final results. She has supported several artists, including Gabriela Montero , Mauricio Vallina , Sergio Tiempo , Roberto Carnevale , Gabriele Baldocci , and Christopher Falzone . Argerich is the president of the International Piano Academy Lake Como and performs annually at
527-697: The 18th century. Her maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire , who settled in Colonia Villa Clara in Argentina's Entre Ríos Province , one of the colonies established by Baron de Hirsch and the Jewish Colonization Association . The provenance of the name Argerich is Catalonia. A precocious child, Argerich began kindergarten at the age of two years and eight months, where she
558-427: The 1970s, Argerich had a relationship with American pianist Stephen Kovacevich , with whom she had her third daughter, Stéphanie. Although they made few recordings together during their relationship, Argerich and Kovacevich still frequently perform together. Stéphanie Argerich explains in her film Bloody Daughter that as her parents were not married, they tossed a coin to name their daughter, for which Argerich won
589-569: The Italian Academies of Music. Scaramuzza had to take part in a very difficult National Competition, a real challenge for the best piano students of Italy. Among all the contestants, only Scaramuzza, and another student, Attilio Brugnoli , could get the highest marks. But, for some bureaucratic reasons and because he was older than Scaramuzza, it was Brugnoli who got the major teaching post in the Academy of Music of Parma, while Scaramuzza
620-549: The Santa Cecilia Academy of Music, in Buenos Aires . Then, after marrying one of his students, Sara Bagnati, he founded the "Scaramuzza Academy of Music" in 1912. He also resumed his career as a concert pianist, performing not only in Argentina, but also in Europe. He soon became famous as a virtuoso of the piano. He was well known all over South and North America and Europe for the absolute confidence with which he
651-578: The age of eight before receiving further piano training in Europe. At an early age, she won several competitions, including the VII International Chopin Piano Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni Competition and has since recorded numerous albums and performed with leading orchestras worldwide. Argerich was born in Buenos Aires. Her paternal ancestors were Spaniards from Catalonia who had been based in Buenos Aires since
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#1732797420147682-766: The anatomy of the pianist, allows a complete relaxation of the muscles and tendons of the hands and the arms even when the pianist performs the most difficult pieces of music. As a consequence, the sound is always smooth and round, never metallic, not even in the fortissimo, and the performer is never troubled by any muscular stiffening. Hence, Scaramuzza devoted himself only to teaching from 1923 onwards. He taught many well-known international classical pianists such as Martha Argerich , Michèle Boegner , Bruno Leonardo Gelber , Carmen Piazzini , Daniel Levy , Mauricio Kagel , Fausto Zadra , Alberto Portugheis and Enrique Barenboim, father of Daniel Barenboim , not forgetting Maria Cristina Filoso , and Monica Stirpari who released in 2009
713-555: The importance of lyricism and feeling. Argerich gave her debut concert in 1949 at the age of eight. The family moved to Europe in 1955, where Argerich studied with Friedrich Gulda in Austria, whom Argerich describes as one of her major influences. She later studied with Stefan Askenase and Maria Curcio . Argerich also seized opportunities for brief periods of coaching with Madeleine Lipatti (widow of Dinu Lipatti ), Abbey Simon , and Nikita Magaloff . In 1957, at sixteen, she won both
744-411: The piano for three years and considered giving it up to train as a secretary or doctor . She credited Anny Askenase, the wife of Stefan Askenase , with encouraging her to return to the piano. Argerich performed her debut concert at the age of eight, playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major . She gained international prominence when she won
775-780: The toss. Argerich brought her children up in a manner described by Annie Dutoit as "bohemian"; Argerich preferred her children to stay at home rather than go to school and regularly hosted young musicians in her home and practiced through the night. Argerich is a polyglot and can speak Spanish , French , Italian , German , English , and Portuguese . Although her mother tongue is Spanish, she brought her children up speaking French. She has lived in Argentina , Belgium , Switzerland , and France , and holds citizenship in Switzerland and Argentina. Argerich has never been connected to any political party. However, she stated in
806-653: Was able to perform even the most challenging pieces of the repertoire thanks to his formidable technique that allowed him a complete mastery of the instrument. But his pedagogical calling was stronger than his concert artist career. So in 1923 he gave his last concerts, notably a memorable one in Berlin where he played three Beethoven sonatas (op. 31 n°2, op. 106 and op. 110) under the applause of Ferruccio Busoni . From that moment on he dedicated himself exclusively to teaching, perfecting his extraordinary innovative method for piano teaching. This method, based on an accurate study of
837-453: Was an unforgettable performance. Argerich celebrated her 75th birthday in June this year, but that news doesn't seem to have reached her fingers. Her playing is still as dazzling, as frighteningly precise, as it has always been; her ability to spin gossamer threads of melody as matchless as ever. This was unmistakably and unashamedly Liszt in the grand manner, a bit old-fashioned and sometimes even
868-410: Was awarded a consolation prize, a minor teaching post in Naples. Disappointed and annoyed by the excessive bureaucratic rules of the Italian educational system that in his opinion hampered the freedom of expression of a teacher, after only two months teaching in Naples, Scaramuzza decided to leave Italy. It was the year 1907 when he moved to Argentina , where he really started his career as a teacher at
899-539: Was diagnosed with malignant melanoma . After treatment, the cancer went into remission , but it recurred in 1995 and metastasized to her lungs, pancreas, liver, brain, and lymph nodes. Following an experimental treatment at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica pioneered by oncologist Donald Morton , Argerich's cancer went into remission again. In gratitude, Argerich performed
930-425: Was the youngest child. A five-year-old boy, who was a friend, teased her that she would not be able to play the piano, and Argerich responded by playing perfectly, by ear, a piece their teacher played them. The teacher immediately called the mother and they "started making a fuss." Argerich started learning the piano at the age of three. At the age of five, she moved to teacher Vincenzo Scaramuzza , who stressed to her
961-437: Was to composer-conductor Robert Chen, ( Chinese : 陈亮声 ; pinyin : Chén Liàngshēng ) with whom she had her first child (violinist Lyda Chen-Argerich ). The marriage was dissolved after several months, in 1964. From 1969 to 1973, Argerich was married to Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit , with whom she had her second daughter, Annie Dutoit. Although they separated in 1973, Argerich and Dutoit continued to collaborate. In