If forced to name the greatest pianist before the public today, or indeed for the last sixty years, many of us would have little hesitation in nominating the Argentinian virtuoso Martha Argerich.
Since her triumph in the prestigious Chopin competition in Warsaw in 1965, when her smouldering Latin American good looks attracted the attentions of the paparazzi, she has been at the top of her profession. Almost as legendary as the all-too-rare appearances of this intensely self-critical artist are her cancellations.
