Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995)

THE MASTER OF THE MASTER. Giovanni Anfossi and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Il maestro del maestro. Giovanni Anfossi e Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli For those who read Italian (not me). You can download an excerpt. I cannot attest the quality of the writing and research, but I'm attracted by the fact the author had access to archival material. Matteo Mainardi (author) published this book in January 2026 for Zecchini Editore LINK Giovanni Anfossi, a direct descendant of Pas

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli had probably the smallest repertoire of any concert pianist before the public.

Hamburg 2021

'In 1950 ABM moved to the Bolzano Conservatory, where he taught until 1959, also holding a specialisation course in the castle of Appiano. His presence, however, due to his many concerts and also to his restless character, did not have the continuity that regular teaching required. Interviewed for the catalogue of the 1997 Bolzano exhibition, Vea Carpi, director of the Conservatory whose house – as a child – Michelangeli frequented (her father Giannino was a violinist, her mo

'Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, an Italian considered one of the best pianists in the world, left an impression in music circles as a strange person. Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli often canceled announced concerts when he was not inspired. This happened in the USA and must have happened here too. A long-distance call he had made from Moscow to Italy lasted a full hour: he gave a lecture by telephone to the music school of his name. In hotels in Moscow and Leningrad, he insist