Martha Argerich's intimate portrait: Bloody Daughter - Film by Stéphanie Argerich

The mother through the daughter’s eyes - A family portrait blending intimate conversations, agreements and disagreements, and shared ties of sounds and blood. An intimate portrait of two musical giants: Martha Argerich and Stephen Kovacevich.
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This documentary by Martha Argerich’s daughter Stéphanie has been filmed in several countries: Poland, where Martha Argerich chairs the judges of the International Chopin Competition and gives several recitals with her close friend Nelson Freire; Japan, which hosts a unique Argerich festival; The United Kingdom, where Stephen Kovacevich, the father of Stéphanie, lives; Belgium, where Martha and Stéphanie lived together for several years; Argentina, where Martha was born (in Buenos Aires); Switzerland, where Martha and Stéphanie are currently living; France, where the grandmother’s apartment still houses valuable treasures.
Made up of documentary sequences focusing on the two characters of Martha and Stephen in their everyday lives, in rehearsal and in performance, the film will be largely given over to intimate conversations (filmed by Stephanie herself, alone or with one or other of her parents), delicious anecdotes, and a few scenes in which we will see the family reunited.
A film directed by Stephanie Argerich, May 2012

[@Euroarts]

También puedes encontrar el documental subtitulado en español en wocomoMUSIC: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqrFoHtuqbNsiNE :)

[@babsboonzaaier4621]

I loved every moment of this! What a beautiful person even in her private life! 💓

[@nicolasabelleira3664]

mil gracias

[@cameronpatrickscott]

Here after watching a brief appraisal from Rick Beato, what a touching biography, excellent filmmaking, muchas gracias.

[@RavenGuitar]

Same. Beato never leads people astray...

[@GokhanCebecioglu]

Yeahhh thnx beato🤟🤟

[@rodrigosanchezmoreno4534]

Exactly the same as me! I simply cannot understand how I haven't heard nothing about her in my entire life... and the worst part is that I'm Argentinian 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@arjunsubrahmanian7535]

Same!

[@niptodstan]

Snap.

[@MusicMike512]

12:01 It's just so interesting to see pedestrians just walk by casually. For me I'd be like.... "is that Martha Argerich walking across the street with a cup of coffee???" *star struck*

[@Atombender]

I would freeze into place. One of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.

[@FrothingFanboy]

@@Atombender Come now. She has to put her pants on one leg at a time.

[@herbertdarick7693]

What I liked the most about the documentary is seeing that she and her family have never lived a kind of celebrities' life but a pretty ordinary life.

[@shootdapus]

i dony think you could call this a ordinary life at all,

[@gbpred2306]

incredible how her first daughter, with whom she had less contact and a difficult relation, is the most similar to her, in the way she talks and her gestures

[@billhart9832]

"When I was a child I felt my mother was a supernatural being, in touch with something beyond the reach of mere mortals, and I was the daughter of a Goddess." Hard to live with that knowledge.

[@tayronemonteiro]

i can’t believe this film was finally made available on youtube! the last time i could find it here, it was available only for a few weeks, and then was removed

[@Euroarts]

Now you have it ;) We're glad you like it!

[@oleksandrakhmara646]

@@Euroarts Thank you so much! I was waiting for it for a while!

[@pianomarianopiano]

@@Euroarts thanks a lot! It´s beatiful movie and a great thing to go through this quarantine in Argentina, Martha ´s birth land. Thanks!!

[@susy9896]

download it before they delete it again !!

[@Euroarts]

:|

[@jayakarsm]

Here after watching Rick Beato's video. Haven't heard of her before and here I am down the rabbit hole, couple of hours later. Fascinating life! Seeing her play is the best!

[@DusanArsenijevic]

Rick Beato did a really inspiring video about her. I knew about Martha since 1980 (The Pogorelich incident), but got inspired now to search for more :)

[@arjunsubrahmanian7535]

Same!

[@zedlicious]

Ditto

[@aerozden]

This is the best gift ever for all of us who love and respect Martha Argerich.

[@allegroinquieto]

I watched this a long time ago, yet couldn’t help but watch it again. What I find most interesting about Martha is that, despite all her documentaries, interviews and even seeing her more than once in person, there’s something mysterious about her that I still can’t unravel. You say something to her expecting an answer, only to be met by a distant gaze. Yet you ask the most mundane question and suddenly she lights up and has so much to say! Overall, she’s unpredictable in whatever she does and I think she’s a fascinating person, not to mention she quite literally changed my life. So it was a pleasure to watch again. Thank you for sharing this great documentary.

[@徐峻杰]

And your photo is you and she, unbelievable! Seems like you’re not just a fan of hers but knows her personally? I mean, she’s right beside you!

[@evamartin8732]

Not much of a mystery, if you know what Asperger / high functioning autism is.

[@truthlivingetc88]

I too like a bit of realism when it comes to too much gushing over genius.

[@urbandiscount]

@@evamartin8732 That's very interesting. And, yes.

[@pbasswil]

@@evamartin8732 Hold on, is this your personal hunch? Or has someone in her circle affirmed that she is on the spectrum?? (A quick search didn't bring up anything connecting Argerish and autism...)

[@sunkenindeaf]

Musical content with timestamps: 0:02:55 --- Prokofiev - piano concerto no.3 (MA+LondonSymphonyOrch) 0:05:52 --- Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit, I. Ondine (MA) 0:08:16 --- Schumann (orch. Tchaikovsky) - Symphonic Etudes op.13, XII. allegro brillante (SinfoniaVarsovia) 0:09:00 --- Chopin - piano concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11 (MA+SinfoniaVarsovia) 0:17:07 --- Chopin - piano concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11, III. rondo (MA+SinfoniaVarsovia) 0:20:17 --- Chopin - Heroic Polonaise, op.53 (MA) 0:24:20 --- Beethoven - Diabelli Variations, no.24 "fughetta" (SK) 0:25:14 --- Beethoven - piano sonata no.28 in A major, op.101, IV. allegro (SK) 0:30:36 --- Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" (MA+Economou) 0:31:22 --- Cosma+Gumplowicz - Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Danses Hassidiques 0:32:28 --- Jobim+Moraes - The Girl from Ipanema 0:37:04 --- Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" (MA+Economou) 0:39:15 --- Poulenc - concerto for two pianos, I. allegro ma non troppo (MA+AccademicaTeatroColon) 0:42:50 --- Mozart - piano sonata in C major, K.545, I. allegro (MA) 0:43:05 --- Chopin - waltz in D-flat major, op.64, no.1 "the minute waltz" (MA) 0:49:03 --- Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit, II. Le Gibet (MA) 0:53:00 --- Mendelssohn - trio no.1 in E minor, op.49 (MA+Capuçon+Capuçon) 0:58:56 --- Beethoven - piano quartet no.3 in C major, WoO.36, I. allegro vivace (MA+Chen+Capuçon+Capuçon) 1:02:53 --- Ravel - Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, II. assez lent (MA) 1:04:41 --- Ravel - Jeux d'Eau, très doux (MA) 1:10:10 --- Ginastera - Danzas Argentinas, op.2, I. danza del viejo boyero (MA) 1:14:40 --- Beethoven - piano concerto no.2 in B-flat major, op.19, III. rondo, molto allegro (SK+Phil.Pays-de-la-Loire) 1:16:40 --- Beethoven - piano sonata no.23 in F major, op.57 "appassionata", I. allegro assai (SK) 1:22:18 --- Ravel - piano concerto in G major, II. adagio assai (MA) 1:29:25 --- Cosma+Gumplowicz - Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Danses Hassidiques 1:30:11 --- Beethoven - piano sonata no.29 in B-flat major, op.106 "hammerklavier", I. allegro (SK) 1:32:39 --- anonymous, 19th century - "Mon Âne" 1:33:45 --- Bach - partita no.4, BWV.828, II. allemande (SK) Feel free to report corrections or remarks.

[@joie.oliver]

Thanks a lot!

[@EmilGafarov]

You are amazing! Thank you!

[@CarryFlag8]

merci beaucoup

[@llaeros9954]

Wow! Thank you very much!

[@Charlie-vf8hw]

Thanks king

[@jenniebugs1]

As I was watching this documentary I was engaged in trying to make sense of her character. Fascinating and complex - also enigmatic and self absorbed. Slightly insane by common standards. She hides behind her hair - but if she were to sweep her hair off her face her beautiful face would be revealed - like the sun bursting through the clouds. She is not your average maternal type, but instead is a friend to her children. I felt like she has carried great pain throughout her life and her self absorption is a defence method, but anxiety and fear can catch her unawares. Her music is where she at last touches the divine and feels whole. Those are just my impressions for what they are worth!

[@burrenmagic]

she's so herself, so fabulous and so natural, it's ridiculous.

[@rodrigoruffa7460]

So complex and so simple at the same time. She seems to hold all the mysteries of this world within her. You just can't stop watching and listening to her. Impossible not to fall in love. What a rollercoaster you've been riding your whole life, Stephanie! Thank you for letting us watch you both through this wonderful window. Cheers from Argentina, a land of crazy and beautiful people like your mom!

[@remsan03]

Fun trivias about Martha: - She learned the Prokofiev 3rd Concerto (02:55) literally in her sleep while her roommate practiced it. She also made the same mistake as her roommate made. She then had to truly sit down on the piano to correct those mistakes. She considers the concerto as "easy". - She has never played Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto. Claiming that it is too important for her. - She sometimes still nervous before a concert. - She rarely practices to keep up her technique. - She plays Schumann's Toccata as a warmup piece. - She avoids playing a solo recital, preferring to play with an orchestra or other musicians. - She prepared Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit in a couple of weeks. She said that she didn't realize that it was supposed to be difficult. Despite her belief, Gaspard de la Nuit is still considered as one of the most difficult pieces for the piano. - She strives to always make a piece interesting. Even though she played it many times, she always tries to find something new in a piece. She compares Michelangeli with Horowitz. Michelangeli always sounds the same and Horowitz always sounds different every time. - She always wears black when performing (apart from very rare moments in her youth).

[@jurgennaeve3897]

Martha Argerich brought me to the classical music to piano concerts when I worked for Steinway & Sons. in the 60s

[@DRKEITH-yy6lc]

You have tried so beautifully...so sensitively... to catch that mysterious energy that you call your "mother." She is elusive ...impossible to define really. She walks that fine line between the higher realms of creativity and the mundane affairs of our earth walk which she seems to have struggled with. In the end children and friends try unsuccessfully to capture her...to define her according to their needs...without much success. And now as the shadows of this life lengthen she wonders where "home' is. Well, there is a place...but it has no words. Just the breath within the breath perhaps. Thank you so much for this wonderful offering..

[@adamgm130]

I picked up the phone and called my brother & sister for the 1st time in years after watching your beautiful documentary. we talked for hours truth is I missed them everyday. thank you Martha, you and your gifted family are beautiful & an inspiration to me

[@rlearlea5424]

Martha Argerich... What a remarkable personality, and a great pianist, who has just celebrated her ...80 anniversary!!! Many thanks for sharing the documentary!

[@valentinamontesdeoca8747]

What an utterly fascinating woman. When you see her playing or hear her speaking three different languages fluently, one'd be inclined to think of her as this cultured mighty person (which she is indeed), yet she also seems so humble and down to earth, so approachable. You can really tell she experiences music like few people can. I've been playing for ten years now, and I'm nowhere near understanding Chopin the way she does, not just on a technical but on a spiritual level. I am completely amazed by this exceptional human being who continues to inspire me every day. (I may have grinned like a fangirl when she smiled suddenly at 20:43.) Stéphanie is right -she's truly living life on a different level. Thank you so much for sharing this documentary with us and allowing us to see Martha in a more intimate light.

[@lymon800]

thank you very much for making this film available even to non-europeans who do not live in the first world. in the age of the internet, digital copyright restrictions are a form of discrimination.

[@nuiwai5402]

An amazing film capturing the mystery, genius and humanity of beautiful Martha and her loved ones near her.

[@ronjeffcollantes]

A real master of this generation. I love you Martha. You are the greatest Pianist of this generation. Thank you for inspiring us!!!!!

[@poplife123]

Ahh .... Been looking for this for ages ..... Very enjoyable and intimate..... Thanks for posting

[@juanferestrada]

This was beautiful beyond words. Thank you Stéphanie.

[@cemcagocem7340]

It is a privilage to see such intimate details of a very special family. Thnak you Stephanie Argerich for sharing this.

[@levanter1977]

This movie's awesome...I remember it was 1983 or 84 when I've heard Martha playing for the first time in the illegal on that time radio station called Free Europe". I was seven on that time and I didn't understand yet much about music but Ravel's Ondine playing by Martha that night has changed my life...Big time thank you for sharing your talent to the world Martha. Such an artist and beautiful soul.

[@julietadalin8425]

She is my idol since I was a child. It is fascinating can see the real life of someone admired. Thank you so much to her daughter to do this!

[@ankauppi]

Martha Argerich has a very high quality personal expressive pianosound and a voice in the sound behind which she stands upright and i respect her singing pianotone very much. This is the ideal of an artist: one should be there personally and be a human being and sing. You have to have heart to play Chopin well. I remember Dmitri Bashkirov giving me this advice when i was 15 years old attending his mastercourse: "Listen a lot to Martha Argerich". Bashkirov himself had a remarkably wonderful pianosound and touch.

[@rogerpianoking1945]

I bet Martha would be a great piano teacher. An amazing pianist, who makes difficult pieces look like child’s play. What a life she has had and still wowing audiences in her 80s. Apparently she had a 3 year break from playing. 😮

[@LynneCampbellGillies]

What a beautiful portrait of an extraordinary woman and her daughter. Thank you 🙏

[@sabinepalmer7365]

Wonderful insight into a relationship and the complex person Martha Argerich, who is most alive in her music. Thanks

[@larysayevdokymova-rizk6036]

That s what keeps us all alive🙏🏻we all humans starving for humanity🙏🏻👑Wish u good health beautiful piano Queen and God bless your family🙏🏻

[@neraknerak1]

Thank you for posting the whole movie.

[@VivianPianist]

Oh my....!!!!! I can't believe you post this documentary.....!!!!!! Thank you again and again and so much........!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't watch it until now...! So thank you for giving me and the whole KZbin world this opportunity..! I admire her so much, she is one of my top favourite and unique pianists...! Thank you Mrs Martha Argerich and Thank you all for posting this...!!!!! Have a nice day!!!

[@Euroarts]

Very glad you enjoyed it :)

[@class87srule]

A consummate artist to whom technique seems as natural as breathing. Thank God for interpreters like Martha! xx

[@chrissinger24]

I rewatch this doc whenever I’m lacking in motivation

[@mcve100]

Thanks Stéphanie, Martha and all your families for showing your way of living, a mix of simplicity with a inimaginable unconventional lifestyle.

[@veracruz7954]

A most precious jewel, so Martha Argerich.... I’ve absorbed every single drop of it as a dry sponge, simply delightful and delighted !!!... Thanks a million , you’ve made my quarantine day ! 👏🏼🥰💕

[@MichaelSmith-us9ch]

A big thank you to Rick Beato for recommending this beautiful story. Thank you for the love of music.

[@Atombender]

What a heartwarming but also tragic family portrait.

[@robertoa7131]

Une femme incroyable presque hors du commun, sa personnalité et ses performances semblent uniques ; incroyable de revoir ses concerts de 1965 à 1998. Extraordinaire

[@georgialouropoulou8660]

What can I say!! I just watched an extremely emotional, touching and gorgeous video, about my adorable Mrs. Argerich. 💝🌺 Many thanks to her daughter Stephanie and to the editor too. I am sure Mrs. Argerich is very proud of her daughter Stephanie, as she is a gifted and great girl. Additionally, I admire the way she narrates. 💝 (PS: I was one of the lucky persons watching her performance in Greece, in 2012. Precious moments I will never forget).

[@thecat9660]

Très beau documentaire sur cette merveilleuse pianiste qu'est Martha Argerich 💜

[@liangle]

Thank you so much to Stephanie for fliming your mother and put it into a wonderful movie like this. You are truly a daughter of a Goddess.

[@brianwong]

Blessings to you all. Thanks for bringing us in for a glimpse of your lives. It's all wonderful. Blessings to you all.

[@karennoble1168]

I have seen this marvellous documentary many times on TV. Thank you so much for posting it. Now more people will get to know this great pianist!!

[@catherinejones9396]

A tribute: wonderful insight into what makes the Martha we have come to love.

[@karingratzer9198]

Ü°

[@michaelhoppe8367]

Thank you Stephanie for your wonderful documentary about your extraordinary mother. Bravo!

[@tandago7281]

Beautiful moment when she says she likes looking at her daughter :)

[@michaelrg3836]

This is such a touching and intimate documentary! And Stephanie says it herself: her mother is a Goddess. Absolutely.

[@CordeliaWilliams]

What a classic of the piano-film genre - so beautiful and moving. I started crying about 6 minutes in 😂 It’s very comforting with regards to how exhausting I find it to keep that crucial emotional and psychological boundary around my playing and my practice, while also remaining a loving, engaged mother and wife. It feels like I’m on a constant see-saw! So much love and gratitude for this film.

[@purplehazerunnerx]

Just the other day I was searching for the complete doc, now you posted it! Thank you a million! ♥️

[@friesiancat1184]

A legendary, awesome pianist indeed, whose name we would say in hushed tones -- almost reverentially -- yet this precious glimpse into her private life shows she is so human! Thanks for this documentary!!

[@mariaspringer356]

There are tears in my eyes! Thank you!

[@starcatchingboy]

Gracias a Martha me adentré en la música clásica ya tarde, a mis 38 años. Antes escuchaba puro rock, new wave, electropop, punk, garage... Por ahí eran mis gustos musicales, y una tarde escuché una interpretación al concierto para piano no. 3 de Prokofiev que me cautivó y de a ahí a Stravinsky, a Chopin, a Debussy todo en las manos prodigiosas de esta dama, esta musa que cambia la vida de quien la escucha, que conmueve, que enamora. Ojalá y algún día pueda verla en vivo. Saludos desde México 🇲🇽

[@JimParedesAPO]

You are right. Your mother is super human, a Goddess. What a great docu you made.

[@ishtar2848]

And yes, at 20:18" she says that: I'm the daughter of a Goddess"! 🙏❤️💙

[@דפנהליאור]

Wow!!! What a pianist..!!!!!!!!!!!!❤

[@matiasnicolastartara]

Que hermoso como a través de la historia de una madre (detrás de otra y otra) la hija de Marta se define ella misma y a toda una familia. Hermosa historia y cuántos matices

[@jeanniecampbell1374]

So well woven together with great talent and emotion it hurts to watch as well as enlightens at the same time .

[@stevetatchell5571]

This lady is so unpretentious and down to earth.

[@piagaynomusic2467]

I need grandma like Martha so much!

[@benignarodriguez9257]

From Argentina. She's fantastic Thank you for this intimacy👏👏👏

[@michaelk6908]

What a treat being able to watch this. Special. Thank you.

[@stefanzweig7013]

Yes, your mother is a Goddess, thank you for saying what I have thought from the time I first saw her perform.

[@neelsdp1]

My favourate pianist alive.

[@theleehb]

thank you for posting and sharing ! a true timeless treasure...

[@slaveslave2551]

Incredible! The posture and movement of Lydas head absolutely resembles that of her mother!😯

[@unterdeneichen1547]

What a naturally lovely Person and Artist, a Pleasure to see her. Thanx!

[@kiranshunpo3566]

Many thanks for posting this EuroArtsChannel

[@bethells86]

All Great artists are different from average human. Going through life with major upheavals along the way does tend to bring out deep emotions, which is expressed well through arts, such as music.

[@ivanaradeta5704]

To be such a great pianist is very hard! Madam Marta is mother,wife...I like her very,very much as a person !

[@Lynkevmusic]

beautiful and tender portrait, thank you for sharing your life experiences.

[@cernunnos100]

How difficult and beautiful it is to be.

[@JK-tr2mt]

Incredible life. Privileged to see her in concert at the Proms, London, 2019.

[@carinaghioni3016]

I have been waiting for this, such a beautiful and melodic account. Thank you, thank you !

[@koelbird4608]

A beautiful genius ❤️

[@ishtar2848]

Martha is a Goddess on earth 🎹🎹🎹Thank You for existing ❤️❣️🙏

[@EttorealbertoGelli-vr6sz]

A goddess?

[@fleetwoodbeechbum]

For most of the 80's, Chopin's piano concertos--numbers 1 and 2--were my absolute favorite sound tracks! And Martha Argerich's versions are my favorites. I was in my 20's and she shaped my mind so wonderfully. She has brought sooooo much beauty into my mind! But until I saw Rick Beato's video, I had no idea just how prolific and unbelievably accomplished she is. And she raised 3 daughters too. How is she not a household word?! Did she lose points when she took that TV watching sabbatical? lol.

[@lucag2149]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!

[@furughkarimi-djafar-zadeh6962]

Thank you very much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@deborahdicembre9579]

Thanks for the intro. Now I’m hooked on the documentary! And loving it

[@findelka1810]

I am a great fan of her as a pianist, but I feel deeply sorry for the children. They don’t have a place around their grander-than-life mother. They seem to accomodate her while she’s distant in her art and busy in her head with herself. It must have been really inspiring to grow up with enigmatic people around, but they would have needed a constant carer who would have provided emotional stability to counterbalance the constant emotional and physical distance from/lack of their mother. As their fathers were also exceptional and somewhat distant, it must have been tough. The price of a genious.

[@RafaelToscano]

Wow she looks so much like her mother. Nice documentary, by the way. Very inspiring!

[@rayman365]

extraordinary people , a blessing and a curse

[@dalma.felszegipiano]

I've been looking for this for years! Thank u so much!

[@thegarotaaaa]

Thank you for this marvelous piece of art!

[@esyter]

so happy this is up!

[@annberylcox9849]

Such a beautiful poignant film, thank you

[@johndean3930]

The daughter is a fine person, who has every right to correct her Parents huge personal mistake they did to her. Here, within this film, the father is completely çold'to his daughters trauma, in his not following up her wishes and her right from him. It is appauling. Whether famous or not, it is simply not right. I feel for the daughter. The parents are not 'rational and have no empathy'. In music, they display magic, but through the most important thing in life, they deny their daughters happiness. I am shocked. John (Australia)

[@MishaSkripach]

Thank you so much tor uploading this treasure!

[@Ikuradon1000]

It’s so raw, and beautiful.

[@6ashbrook]

Un très beau film!!

[@juanpabloeleazarcortesleal3582]

Thank you so much

[@kpopnextstage2614]

Wow hope this time this file stays long. Thank you so much for posting

[@baskazezulova8404]

i loved every second of it.. thank you

[@manolin.6597]

That was beautiful, fascinating, moving, thank you Stephanie

[@joaov.m.oliveira9903]

1:47 Gosh, pay attention at her right hand around the baby's little head. It's a really fast and subtle gesture... If we didn't know who she was I think we'd tell right away it's a pianist's hand. LoL

[@DieguitoSN]

que bueno es ser parte de la momentos cotianos, en un ida y vuelta con sus facetas de profesional y de mujer, madre, abuela. Esas simplezas de la vida son muy buenos de observar, temperamentos, dialogos, silencios, pausas, etc. Saludos desde Argentina. muy buen Film.

[@robertoa7131]

Una donna incredibile quasi fuori dal normale, la sua personalità e le sue performance sembrano essere uniche; incredibile rivedere i suoi concerti dal 1965 al 1998. Straordinaria