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Year 2007 concerts or events past  

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Year  2007

Jan 22 - 26 - 7:30 pm Is this really scheduled??	Ljubljana, Slovenia - Slovene Philharmonic Hall	"MUSICAL ODYSSEY - Chamber music evenings under the auspices of Martha Argerich and Lugano Festival" Large group of the usual participants.  Here's more about January 24 date, found by Björn Östlund.
Jan 23 Is this really scheduled??	(Argerich Presents - )Not playing Spain	Martha Argerich presents Mauricio Vallina, pianoforte I don't know if she actually shows up for these, but this conflicts with the Slovenia event, so it's not likely
Feb 3 - 5:00 pm	Paris, France	"Argerich weekend" - Argerich now listed playing the Bach Toccata in c, BWV 911! "Montero / Dina / Transcriptions / Improvisations " (Argerich and Vallina also on program). See revised-program that's linked.  Also see basic web-translation for another page.
Feb 3 - 8:00 pm	Paris, France	"Argerich / Kremer weekend" - Argerich now listed to play Bach Partita 2 - "Kremerata Baltica / Montero / Dina / Vallina" - all-Bach program
Feb 4 - 5:00 pm	Paris, France	" Argerich / Kremer weekend" - "Kremerata Baltica / Montero / Dina / Vallina / Hosszu-Legocky"
Feb 14 - 8:00 pm	Geneva, Switzerland - Victoria Hall	Ravel Concerto for piano and orchestra in G, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, under Charles Dutoit Also see basic web-translation another page
Feb 15 - 8:00 pm	Geneva, Switzerland	Ravel, as above, with same forces. Also see basic web-translation another page
Feb 18 - 11:00 am	Geneva, Switzerland	Prokofiev Concerto for piano No. 3 in C op. 26, instead of the Ravel, with the same forces.
Feb 19 - 7:30 pm	Martha Argerich Introduces... Zurich, Switzerland	Martha Argerich Introduces Young Pianists Likely not playing, but should be there, as is playing a series that week.
Feb 21 - 8:00 pm Feb 22 - 7:30 pm Feb 23 - 8:00 pm	Zurich, Switzerland - Tonhalle	Beethoven Piano Concerto #1 in C, op. 15, Tonhalle-Orchester under Charles Dutoit. Click the dates to get the webpage for each program (which is essentially the same for each day). Thanks to Paul Rah for the links!
Mar 1 - 8:00 pm (NY)	Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern Auditorium, NY	Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 with Charles Dutoit
Mar 2 - 2:00 pm Mar 3 - 8:00 pm Mar 6 - 8:00pm	Philadelphia, PA - Verizon Hall	Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 with Charles Dutoit
Mar   8 - 8:00 pm Mar   9 - 1:30 pm Mar 10 - 8:00 pm Mar 13 - 8:00 pm	Boston, MA - Symphony Hall	CANCELLED due to exhaustion and doctor's orders - first reported by Joel Stein, who was contacted by the BSO on Monday, 3/5. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1, with Charles Dutoit. Tickets go on sale Sept. 4, 2006 at 10:00 am.
Mar 30 - 8:00 pm	Teatro Comunale di Ferrara - Ferrara, Italy	Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto in C, No. 3 op. 26, with Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra  Information posted by Björn Östlund.
Mar 31 - ?:?? pm	Teatro Municipale Valli - Reggio Emilia, Italy	CHECKING ON THIS ONE. Argerich not listed on the webpage. Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto in C, No. 3 op. 26, with Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra  Information posted by Björn Östlund.
Apr 25, 26 Apr 8 New date confirmed by Paul Rah	LG Arts Center, Seoul, Korea	Argerich`s Meeting Point in Seoul - participants include: Martha Argerich; Kyoko Ito, piano; Sung Joo Lee, violin; Catherine Cho, violin; Yoshiko Kawamoto, viola, Myung Wha Chung, cello
Apr 11-21	Beppu, Japan	Argerich's Meeting Point in Beppu. Don't miss the archives of many photos Thanks to Björn Östlund for noticing the info for 2007 in the Japanese portion still headlined by '2006.'
May 5, 6 - 8:00 pm	Berlin, Germany	TWO piano concertos each night: Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 in c AND Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db, Berliner Philharmoniker, under Ion Marin, with Gábor Tarkövi, Trumpet  Thanks to Sam Huang for the info in the guestbook about the program change to the Ravel Piano Concerto in G.
May 17 - date changed by Martha Argerich 14th	Milan, Italy - Conservatorio G. Verdi	Duo recital with Nelson Freire - found by Paul Rah Nov. 20. Here's another one, found by Björn Östlund, in WebTranslation into English.   CORRECTION of date given May 15 in the guestbook by Cesare Pezzi. Thanks, Cesare!
May 20	Amsterdam, NL - Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw Amsterdam	Duo recital with Nelson Freire - "EXTRA JUBILEUM CONCERT"   Rachmaninov, Ravel, Schubert. Argerich had to cancel at the last moment because there was a family crisis. According to Jacco Vink in the guestbook, "Apparently Martha Argerich had serious family problems in Switzerland. According to todays newpaper De Volkskrant her granddaughter was missing." It was a special concert, and the Queen was present.  Nelson Freire played a solo recital to much appreciation.  Details are given by forum members who were in the audience, in May '07 messages.
May 30 - 8:15 pm	Rotterdam, NL - Grote Zaal	Duo recital with Sergio Tiempo - program to be announced.
Jun 2 - 8:00 pm	Duisburg, Germany - Mercatorhalle im CityPalais	Duo recital with Sergio Tiempo
Jun 17 - 7:30 pm	Zurich, Switzerland - Tonhalle	Schumann piano concerto, per EMI page Paul Rah writes that this will be with Dutoit leading the Staatskapelle Dresden. Lars Vogt played instead, as Argerich was at Lugano.
Jun 9 - 26 - See separate entries below for Argerich events	Lugano, Switzerland	Martha Argerich Project Firefox MISREADS composer-work details. Use IE (or Safari?) for this (I hope that Lugano website can fix the alignment.)   There's an interview on videoclip there, from June 19, 2006.  You can also view/hear Lugano 2006 video and audio.
Jun 9 - 8:30 pm	Lugano - Palazzo dei Congressi	Poulenc Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra, with Alexander Gurning, piano, and Alexander Rabinovitch-Barakovsky, directing the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana.
Jun 11 - 8:30 pm	Lugano - RSI Auditorium Stelio Molo	Bartok Sonata n. 1, for violin & piano, with Renaud Capuçon, violin.
Jun 13 - 8:30 pm	Lugano - RSI Auditorium Stelio Molo	Beethoven: Trio in re magg. op. 70 n. 1 "degli spiriti", with Renaud Capuçon, violin, and Mischa Maisky, cello.
Jun 18 - 8:30 pm	Lugano - RSI Auditorium Stelio Molo	Busoni/Mozart: Fantasie für eine Orgelwalzer, for 2 pianos, with Lilya Zilberstein.
Jun 21 - 8:30 pm	Lugano - RSI Auditorium Stelio Molo	Schumann: Variazioni su un tema di Clara Wieck with Marek Denemark, Clarinet, and Jorge Basso, cello -- and Andante e Variazioni op. 46 (for 2 pianos), with Gabriela Montero.
Jun 23 - 8:30 pm	Lugano - Palazzo dei Congressi	Bartok Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz 119  Information posted by Paul Rah and others.  Paul points out that Firefox MISREADS composer-work details. Use IE (or Safari?) for this.
Jun 26 - 8:30 pm	Lugano - RSI Auditorium Stelio Molo	Vivaldi Four Seasons arranged for 4 pianos, 8 pianists by Nicolas Economou
Jun 29-Jul 8	Italy / Japan (??)	"A tour with Pappano and the Santa Cecilia Academy of Italy" - Björn Östlund provided the link and believes that she will be playing the Ravel Concerto.  Perhaps someone from Japan could give us more information about this.  It follows so closely upon the Lugano festival and is followed by Verbier that it's hard to believe she can do it.
Jul 20 - Aug 5	Verbier, Switzerland	Verbier Festival & Academy 2007 - WebTranslation Here's a webtranslation into English.  More information will be available March 15.  You can sign up to receive the program.  Participants include Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lang Lang, Renée Fleming, Evgeny Kissin, Thomas Quasthoff, James Levine, et al.   Here's an Article on the festival
Jul 27 -7:00 pm	Salle Médran - Verbier	Carte blanche à Martha Argerich Performers include Renaud Capuçon; Leonidas Kavakos, violin, Yuri Bashmet, viola; Mischa Maisky, cello; Gabriela Montero et al.... Programme to be finalised. Thanks to Paul Rah for this information.
Jul 29 -7:00 pm	Salle Médran - Verbier	Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 - UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev, conductor; Martha Argerich, piano. Thanks to Paul Rah for this information.
Aug 5	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Alexander Girardi Hall (Veneto region, in the Province of Belluno)	Festival e Accademia Dino Ciani - concerto with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.  Information provided by Associazione Dino Ciani.
Sep 1 - 7:30 pm	Gstaad, Switzerland - festival tent	Beethoven PC 1 at Menuhin Festival Gstaad.  Information provided by Paul Rah.
Sep 6 - 9:00 pm	Turin, Italy - Auditorium Lingotto	Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1, with Charles Dutoit leading the Philharmonia Orchestra on tour
Sep 7 - 9:00 pm	Milan, Italy - Teatro Arcimboldi	Ravel Piano Concerto in G, with Charles Dutoit leading the Philharmonia Orchestra on tour
Sep 8 - 8:00 pm	Zurich, Switzerland - Tonhalle	Ravel Piano Concerto in G, with Charles Dutoit leading the Philharmonia Orchestra on tour
Sep 10 - 8:15 pm	Eindhoven, Netherlands - Muziekcentrum Frits Philips	Ravel Piano Concerto in G, with Charles Dutoit leading the Philharmonia Orchestra on tour Cancellation sent by Eindhoven Hall citing "fatigue" (understandable from schedule seen here).  She was replaced by Jean Philippe Collard.
Sep 11 - 8:15 pm	Amsterdam, Netherlands - Concertgebouw	Ravel Piano Concerto in G, with Charles Dutoit leading the Philharmonia Orchestra on tour "prins" indicates in the guestbook that on Sept. 10 she had cancelled this concert. See Eindhoven for cancellation of Sep 10 and 11).  She was replaced by Jean Philippe Collard. This schedule was originally brought to our attention in July '07 via the guestbook by Mark Etheredge.
Sep 14 - 5:00 pm	Bucharest, Romania - Ateneul Român	Enescu Festival - Duo-recital with Nelson Freire  Information posted by Cosmin Hanulescu on the webpage-feedback forum.  Program to be established.
Sep 15 - 7:30 pm	Bucharest, Romania - Sala Mare a Palatului	Enescu Festival - Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, op. 15 - with the Russian National Orchestra, conducted by Charles Dutoit.>  Information posted by Cosmin Hanulescu on the webpage-feedback forum.  Program to be established.
Sep 17 - 8:30 pm	Toulouse, France - Halle aux Grains	Duo recital with Nelson Freire - Mozart, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Lutoslawski, Debussy, Ravel.  Information posted by Renzo Calogero on the martha_argerich forum.
Sep 26 - 8:00 pm	Luxembourg - Grand Auditorium	Duo Recital with Nelson Freire - Mozart, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Schubert, Ravel.  Programme (PDF).
Oct 2	Geneva, Switzerland - Victoria Hall	Duo Recital with Nelson Freire - Mozart, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Lutoslawski, Debussy, Ravel. Information posted by Paul Rah
Oct 4 - 7:00 pm	Frankfurt, Germany - Herrmann Josef Abs Saal	Chamber Music Concert with Gidon Kremer and Mischa Maisky - Dmitri Shostakovich: Klaviertrio No. 2 e-Moll op.67 Benefiz-Konzert für die Rostropovich Cello Foundation Information posted to guestbook by Stephan Zind
Oct 6	Kornberg, Germany	Duo Recital with Mischa Maisky Information posted to guestbook by Stephan Zind
Oct 28-29	Berlin	EMI schedule is apparently wrong.  Conflicts with info at Berlin Philharmoniker page.
Nov 2 - 8:00 pm	Miami Beach - Lincoln Theatre	Solo and Chamber Music for the Chopin Foundation gala fundraiser (30th anniversary) on a program with violinist Ida Haendel and pianist Walter Delahunt.   The program includes works by Bach, Mozart, Franck, Ravel and Enescu. Here's another article on this with more details, such as "Ms. Argerich will be joined by Miami’s own legendary violinist, Ida Haendel, and by her friend, Canadian pianist Walter Delahunt.   Solo, duo and four-hand program ...."   UPDATE via info given us at Argerich website-feedback by Karen Hapsburg Nov. 2. The Chopin Foundation concert website information has been made available probably for some time but I missed the web-posting of it.   At that page you can get bios for all and the concert program, which includes SOLO BACH by Argerich and the Franck Sonata in A for piano and violin, as well as the Schumann Andante and Variation for two pianos Op. 46 with pianist Walter Delahunt.
Nov 8 - 8:00 pm	Los Angeles, Calif - Walt Disney Concert Hall	Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3, with Verbier Festival Orchestra under Charles Dutoit LA Philharmonic performance detail     Originally shown as Schumann but now says Prokofiev.  Thanks to Harry Scher for the correction in the current guestbook.
Nov 11 - 8:00 pm	Houston, Texas - Jones Hall	Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3, with Verbier Festival Orchestra under Charles Dutoit - see Nov. 8
Nov 13 - 8:00 pm	Chicago, IL - Harris Theater	Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3, with Verbier Festival Orchestra under Charles Dutoit - see Nov. 8
Nov 15 - 8:00 pm Nov 16 - 8:00 pm	New York - Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center	Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3, with Verbier Festival Orchestra under Charles Dutoit - see Nov. 8   New York information alert provided by James Banko
Nov 19	Genoa, Italy - Teatro Carlo Felice	Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3, with Verbier Festival Orchestra under Charles Dutoit - see Nov. 8
Nov 20 - 7:30 pm	Stockholm, Sweden - Konserthuset	Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3, with Verbier Festival Orchestra under Charles Dutoit - see Nov. 8
Nov 22 - 8:00 pm	Zurich, Switzerland - Tonhalle Zurich Grosser Saal	Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3, with Verbier Festival Orchestra under Charles Dutoit - see Nov. 8
Nov 23 - 8:30 pm	Lyon, France - Opéra	Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3, with Verbier Festival Orchestra under Charles Dutoit - see Nov. 8
Nov 24 - 8:00 pm	Düsseldorf, Germany	Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3, with Verbier Festival Orchestra under Charles Dutoit - see Nov. 8
Dec 4, 5 - 8:00 pm	Berlin, Germany	Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3, replacing Evgeny Kissin, with Charles Dutoit conducting the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

NOTE: 2009 - Dutoit and Argerich anniversary of their joint debut, when he led the Lausanne orchestra of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major, with a young Martha Argerich as soloist. They'll play the same program. Thanks to Björn Östlund for this info.

Reviews/Reports of (MUCH) older concerts:

Reviews/reports are now archived on the webpage-news forum when they are published or noticed
(and still available), usually in the messages area for those dates.

BBC Proms Ravel Concerto in G, August 22, 2002, with Abbado and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.
Classical Music on the Web - Reviewed by March Bridle
"Martha Argerich’s playing of Ravel’s G major concerto was fabulous, and no more so than in an exceptional reading of the Adagio assai which was underpinned by a ravishing intimacy. Dynamically, her playing had a spectrum of colour and clarity which dazzled, and the sheer magnetism of the opening solo line had such magical beauty it proved genuinely hypnotic. If at times her playing can be cool in this work here it came across as intensely atmospheric and the contrast between the work’s central beauty and its outer virility were beautifully captured. The orchestra accompanied her superlatively – with exquisite woodwind shrieking like birds in the outer movements and the strings offering an opulent backdrop."

BBC Proms Prokofiev 3rd Piano Concerto, August 27,2001, with Dutoit and the MSO.
1.  "Argerich Makes a Sizzing Return" - Review by Matthew Rye for The Telegraph (UK).
2.  From The Guardian (UK) - Reviewed by Andrew Clements:
"The work has always been a staple of her small repertoire, and she has performed it in London before. But that familiarity in no way undermines the brilliance and volatility of her playing, in which every detail has a meaningful shape, every fistful of notes a perfectly honed purpose. Dutoit (Argerich's ex-husband) accompanied with intense concentration - well aware, perhaps, that anything could happen, but that it was bound to be electrifying."
3.  The Classical Source - Reviewed by Ying Chang

Article on the April 2001 appearance by Argerich in Taipei - Sent me Sept. 9, 2001

Taiwan Solo Recital, Nov. 23, 2000 with Duo Recital in 2nd half
Reports gathered and translated by William Hsieh
      Also, articles in English from Taiwan Headlines (Gov) that illustrate William's reports of columnist anxiety over both whether Argerich would actually appear and then how she would like the hastily improved Hall.   Nov. 15     Nov. 22.

Kyoto, Japan recital in Nov. with Maisky reported as an aside in above Taiwan newspaper.

BBC Proms Schumann Piano Concerto, Aug. 30, 2000
1.  "A Soulmate for Schumann" - by Rick Jones for This Is London. (Thanks to Andrew F. Wilson.)
2.  Geoffrey Norris - 9/1, for The Telegraph
3.  Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin - for Leconcertographe
4.  From The Times (UK) - an editorial about audiences at the Proms:
    "After the Schumann piano concerto with Martha Argerich, the entire building, not a seat spare, lifts off the ground with rapture. During the concert some 5,000 people, not to mention the far bigger television and radio audience, have come a few steps nearer bliss."
5.  Joshua Kosman - 9/1, for The San Francisco Chronicle

"... a luminous account of the Schumann concerto ... Argerich's playing of the Schumann, at once limpid and steely, was simply miraculous..."

Short video clip online, of the Schumann in Turin Sept. 5, in the online version of Turin September Music Magazine 2001     Thanks to Paolo Pettinato for the revised links. The video clip is blurry and choppy, to keep it a small size but it's charming and a good preview of Argerich's Schumann. The link does not always work, but with Internet Explorer, even when it doesn't, you can still right-click on the video link and "Save Target As" to save the very brief clip to your computer.
  there's also a b&w photo taken September 5, 2000 at the Giovanni Agnelli Auditorium. The color ones didn't turn out as well.

        Anyone who heard and liked the Proms performance should get the newly released (in the U.S.) CD of the live Dec.'79 performance with Kord conducting.  Excellent sound and extremely similar interpretation (see main page for that).

  Verbier performances - July 26, 27, 31, 2000.

Effusive reports by producer Harry Sumrall:
    Musical Highs Amid Mountain Peaks
    Kreutzer with Kennedy

July 22, 2000 Recital for 2 pianos, with Nelson Freire, at La Roque-d’Anthéron
    Review by Gaëlle Plasseraud, for Le Concertographe
    Review by Alain Lompech
    For both, you can right-click and choose "copy shortcut" and then 'paste'
    (Ctrl-V) that URL into translation box above, using French to English choice.

March 25, 2000 Solo Recital and Chamber Music
    Audience reports from Internet Usenet Music forums
    Review by Shirley Fleming for American Record Guide
    The entire interview is too good as a whole to excerpt, so I'm hoping the publisher will forgive my quoting the entire piece, for this occasion, while crediting the source.
    Interesting review on 8/20/00 by Charles Michener for the NY Observer,
of a Pollini concert, in that it references the recent Argerich recital and shows a healthy appreciation of two distinctly different styles of playing.
    Series on the Carnegie Hall comeback, in Spanish, from Clarin site, found by Paolo Pettinato.  Includes Timeline for Argerich's career.

Reviews/Reports of Less Recent but Especially Memorable Concerts:

    Prokofiev 3rd, Oct. 1998, San Francisco - by William Hsieh

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