Martha Argerich's secret piano technique 

Hey, friend, what is your favourite recording of Martha Argerich?

Could you do a technique analysis video on Marc-Andre Hamelin? His playing is uniquely fluid and relaxed, but he's still able to achieve more explosive virtuosic effects than anyone. I've always wondered how he achieves this.

The other amazing thing about her repeated notes is the variety of tone she gets out of the same note! And in the Scarlatti, the way she accents certain notes and shapes it.

Martha manages to keep both the 4th and 5th fingers relaxed and the conserved energy (perhaps) allows for more speed. Thanks for this.

excellent analysis of a specific technique from a brilliant pianist. subscribed!

Really interesting! I will definitely give this technique a try.

Could you do a technique analysis on cziffra? He's one of my favorite pianists, and it will be very interesting I think. Thanks for the great content!

Thanks for these particular videos. Maybe her pianos are custom made. I recall one of these Scarlatti videos captures her pedal work, which is amazing. Her pedal work is the reason those sounds are crystal clear.

You didn’t mention the main technique she’s using. It’s in and out coupled with forearm rotation. Right for the third finger, to the left for finger two and the thumb. Out for fingers two three and in for the thumb.

Great video! Is there a book about her playing on the market already? I mean a book where you can see bit by bit the technique?

Knowing how it is done and actually being able to do it are different things.

What is that 1st opening part when the video 1st begins? It's so pretty.

I love Martha forever

She looks like she’s scratching the keys. Or another way of looking at it is her 1, 2, and 3 fingers are running on a treadmill.

Réponse : être Martha Argerich !

Might as well be saying “How to be as smart as Einstein?”

How to play like some person.. taught by some other person. Makes sense

My 1st exposure to Ms Argerich... In addition to your analysis, she appears leverage the bounce back of the key whilst the key is only coming back up 1/2 to 2/3 of the way + using the tips or a small surface area of her fingers to strike the keys (see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yhC8o7ko9xY.html ) Of course, lots of practice so that this technique is muscle memory & without any tension which also will not induce injury over her lifetime. To achieve this, are you using fingers 3-1-2 or please explain. Thank you & Cheers from Seattle! BTW, I attended an Oscar Peterson concert which was toward the end of his life - most incredible playing (I am more of a jazz enthusiast).