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He is a classical pianist
born in Freiburg im
Breisgau, Germany,
who performs as a soloist and in chamber music ensembles. He studied the piano in Washington
DC from 1942 and then Frankfurt
from 1955 to 1961. Winning
many international piano competitions including the Busoni award, he made
his debut in Vienna in 1964
where he played Bartok's 2nd concerto. He debuted in Now York in 1972 where he gained acclaim
from many musical critics and was featured in Life Magazine, Time Magazine
and the New York Times. He has given hundreds of concerts in worldwide
cities including Vienna, New York,
London and Tokyo,
made more than 80 recordings, and has been described as "ten pianists in
one". In 1977 he founded
the Ponti-Zimansky-Polasek Trio with Jan Polasek on cello and Robert
Zimanksy on violin.
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg recordings
Eugen d'Albert recordings
Piano Concerto No. 2 in E,
Vox 7206 (CD:
The
Franz
Liszt
School
,
Vol. 1)
Conductor - Richard Kapp
Piano - Michael Ponti
South-west German Chamber Orchestra
recordings
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Concerto
da camera No. 2 in C-sharp Minor
VOX 0 47163 50982
Conductor - Paul Angerer
Piano
- Michael Ponti
Sources:
http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/piano-614.htm
http://en.allexperts.com/e/m/mi/michael_ponti.htm
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