Piano practice | Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Handsome young man, with a closely shaved head in a darkened room at night (the flashing lights of distant traffic can be seen through the window), speaks about the repertoire of pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangelingeli.

Benedetti Michelangeli's repertoire

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

May 81 min read

Martha Argerich speaks about Michelangeli

Hamburg 2021

Jan 151 min read

Bolzano & A B Michelangeli (1950)

'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

Jan 32 min read

ABM viewed from Estonia (1966)

'Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, an Italian considered one of the best pianists in the world, left an impression in music circles as a...

Oct 1, 20253 min read