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AIBU to be in awe of Martha Argerich?

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Tchocun · 23/07/2026 21:28

Ripping through high level piano repertoire at age 84 like she's doing a crossword lol. There is something superhuman about this woman. She plays in London on 5 September at the proms. I already have my tickets.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/s/0msr7dF1WS

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AnonymityAnonymity · 23/07/2026 21:57

You should post a link to this on the thread about Gill Pharoah where the OP seems to think life isn't worth living once someone gets to the elderly age of 75.

This is a wonderful example of age not being a barrier to brilliant achievement.

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Tchocun · 23/07/2026 21:51

Omg that Chailly recording of the Rach 3 is right up there as one of humanity's most sublime moments. There used to be footage of it on YouTube, don't know if there still is.

What I don't understand is how she's still so technically brilliant. I get that she'll continue playing until she drops; most musicians do. And they'll have an audience, because their musicianship and interpretation deepens so it's worth going to see them. But usually, that's all that an audience will get from them. Eg Horowitz in his later years played fistfuls of wrong notes at every turn, but it didn't matter, because he was still giving us the gift of his interpretation skills built over decades. But with Argerich she's doing that as well as being completely virtuosic, as though she was forty years younger. It's astonishing.

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