Michael Ponti was a German-American classical pianist born on October 29, 1937, in Freiburg im Breisgau. He received piano lessons in Washington, D.C., and performed the musical piece “The Well-Tempered Clavier” from memory at age 11. Ponti studied at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt until 1961. He received first prize at the Busoni Piano Competition in 1964. He performed the musical piece “Piano Concerto Number 2” by Bartók for his Vienna debut. Ponti debuted at Alice Tully Hall in New York in 1972. He recorded the complete piano works of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Scriabin. His discography included over 80 recordings, such as the series The Romantic Piano Concerto. In the late 1990s, he sustained a stroke that affected his right arm. Ponti died on October 17, 2022, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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Rare Classical Music Pearls: Czerny, Gottschalk & Hummel
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Ives: Songs
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Green Edition - Tchaikovsky: 12 Pieces, Op. 40 No. 2 & 6 Pieces, Op. 21 Nos. 1-6
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Green Edition - Tchaikovsky: 6 Pieces, Op. 21 Nos. 1-6 & the Seasons Nos. 1-8, Op. 37a
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Green Edition - Tchaikovsky: The Seasons No. 9-12 & Dumka "Russian Rustic Scene"
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Green Edition - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 & the Seasons No. 1-8
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Blue Edition - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Op. 36 & 6 Pieces, Op. 21
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Blue Edition - Tchaikovsky: 6 Pieces, Op. 25 & Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"
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Blue Edition - Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, Op. 13 & Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 75
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Tschaikowsky: Die Jahreszeiten, Op. 37A - Doumka, Op. 59 - Chanson Triste, Op. 40 No. 2
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Tschaikowksy: Klavierkonzert No. 3, Op. 75 - Sechs Klavierstücke über ein Thema, Op. 21
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Tschaikowsky: Klavierkonzert No. 1 - Klavierstücke, Op. 19
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Liapunow: Rhapsodie über Ukrainische Volksweisen - Klaiverkonzert
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| Rubinstein: Klavierkonzert, Op. 70 - Klavierstücke |