Piano Duo Cristina Marton-Argerich & Antonia Miller
About the Piano Duo
The Romanian born pianist Cristina Marton-Argerich is an highly acclaimed international concert pianist, chamber musician and piano pedagogue at the University of Augsburg in Germany. Antonia Miller, a master student of Cristina Marton-Argerich, has gained in the last few years a steadily growing international reputation through numerous appearences in various countries.
They have a deep passion for studying and performing piano duo literature from Bach to Ligeti.
Their wide repertoire includes original works for piano duo as well as many unusual arrangements such as the Mozart/Czerny Requiem, Schönberg’s Verklärte Nacht or Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
Joint concert activities have taken them to Zurich (All Schubert program), the Isarphilharmonie Munich (A lˋungarese program), Berlin, London, Bern, Frankfurt, Konstanz, Pordenone/Italy, Leon/Spain and Radovljica/Slovenia.
Together with the Young Classix Festival Ensemble Augsburg, they tour extensively in southern Germany as a piano duo in 2023/24, playing Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals.
YouTube: Excerpt recital Isarphilharmonie München
Program proposals four-hands
Thematic programs
“A l´ungarese”
Her four-hand program “A l’ungarese” is full of contrasts, humor, virtuosity and poetry. It includes works with hungarian background by Franz Schubert, György Ligeti, György Kurtag, Bela Bartok, Ernö Dohnányi, Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms.
Ihr vierhändiges Programm ” A l´ungarese” ist voller Kontraste, Humor, Virtuosität und Poesie. Es umfasst Werke mit ungarischem Hintergrund von Franz Schubert, György Ligeti, György Kurtag, Bela Bartok, Ernö Dohnányi, Franz Liszt und Johannes Brahms.
“Morgenland”
The program is dedicated to the fabulous world of the Orient. The two pianists present an atmospheric journey with fascinating piano music for four hands inspired by 1001 Nights, biblical stories, jewish prayers and turkish fairy tales, composed by great composers from Mozart, Rameau, Debussy to Fazil Say and others.
Das Programm ist der märchenhaften Welt des Orients gewidmet. Die beiden Pianistinnen präsentieren eine stimmungsvolle Reise mit faszinierender Klaviermusik für vier Hände, inspiriert durch 1001 Nacht, biblischen Geschichten, jüdischen Gebeten und türkischen Märchen, komponiert von großen Komponisten wie Mozart, Rameau, Alkan, Debussy bis Fazil Say und anderen.
YoutTube: Trailer – Morgenland
“Ostwärts”
A program of musical masterpieces, starting in Vienna with Schoenberg’s “Transfigured night” through Prague with Schulhoffs “Ironien” and Smetanas “Moldau” and more.
Ein Programm musikalischer Meisterwerke, beginnend in Wien mit Schönbergs “Verklärte Nacht” über Prag mit Schulhoffs “Ironien” und Smetanas “Moldau” und mehr.
Program with Two Pianos
Program proposal for 2025
Bach – Brahms – Bartok
