Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire | Francisco Mignone: Congada (LIVE, 2009)

[@InstitutoPianoBrasileiro]

Wow! Bravíssimo!!

[@vova47]

Two of the remaining giants of piano and I also hear two old friends having a wonderful time together.

[@pghagen]

What a joyful playing by these two great pianists. I was several times at La Roque d' Anthéron and the atmosphere is always great there in the beautiful parque, where the pianists have to concur with the "cigales".

[@pghagen]

Wow!! It puts a smile on my face too! I love Brazilian Music. I got in touch with it via Nelson Freire's CD with Brazilian works of which he played some in his last Amsterdam recital. Unfortunately I missed Martha Argerich et Nelson Goerner's concert tonight in Paris paying hommage à Nelson Freire as a Memoriam to Nelson Freire's passing away earlier this year. Apparently is was a very short concert and did not know I had to pay for it in advance.

[@elizabethbalboa2550]

Marta Argerich. Pará mí la mejor pianista del mundo.

[@fcruz2012]

Bravi!!!

[@rashashelma8631]

This is so adorable ^.^ Thank you very much!

[@gerontius34]

Thank-you, that was fantastic!

[@strawberry3634]

Thank u always!

[@pianomadeira]

Espetacular!

[@huismanq]

I expected to hear a part of the radio broadcast by France Musique, but this is a private recording I presume?

[@TimothyChiangPianist]

Argerich plays best with Freire, they feel music the same way

[@MaxLima1]

Agreed!

[@j.vonhogen9650]

As much as I admire both pianists, these cheesy encores they tend to pick are god-awful, but that's probably just me. Feel free to disagree! 😉

[@j.vonhogen9650]

@Max Lima - I read your video description after posting my comment. I hope you don't feel insulted, because I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, I just don't like that piece. 😇

[@MikeN275]

It's kinda interesting that we often seem to inherently view non Eurocentric music as trite.

[@j.vonhogen9650]

@@MikeN275 - Speak for yourself! This has nothing to do with the quality of the music, or with 'Euro-centrism' (if that even exists). On the contrary, the appreciation of this kind of music depends heavily on nostalgia, patriotism, and Brazilian nationalistic pride, which is actually a good thing in my book. So please, spare me the 'white guilt' propaganda, and the divisive rhetorics of political correctness! Not everything in life needs to be politicized, especially not music, because music has the power to unite people around the world, unlike your ethnocentric insinuations. P.S. I'm Dutch, so maybe you just want me to appologize for the fact that the Dutch controlled the Northern coast of Brazil in 1630? Tough luck, because that is never going to happen. If you knew your history, you'd know that the Dutch brought religious tolerance, art and science to the country, and contributed to the cultural and national self-awareness of the Brazilian people. It's a shared cultural history, and not at all the kind of imperialism that cultural relativists like you tend to construct when rewriting history.

[@MikeN275]

@@j.vonhogen9650 @J. Vonhögen Oh, relax! I read the first paragraph only. Whatever defense you concocted is unnecessary as I made a simple statement that I also identify with. Because of the strong emphasis/teaching on/of music in Europe , I find it easy to hear the music of other cultures and miss the nuances that make it convincing. Like hearing jazz but not understanding swing or hearing dance music and not having a sense of the underlying rhythmic emphasis that make it work. That said, I'll never forgot having a young Indian percussionist come in when I was in college and explain the reasonings behind and attempt to have us clap Indian rhythms. A room full of music majors, and many of us did pitifully. I certainly couldn't wrap my mind around the logic. White guilt? Who cares! We're talking music, not politics.

[@j.vonhogen9650]

@@MikeN275 - Thanks for your explanation! I thought you were accusing me of being Euro-centric for not liking the Brazilian encore. Recently, I criticized a youth piece by Louis Moreau Gottschalk and was immediately accused of being a racist, despite the fact that Gottschalk was born in the US and trained in Europe. I hate it when people politicize music, so I guess we are on the same page regarding that. I still believe the encore is not a good piece though.