Martha Argerich invited which 12 year old French pianist to perform at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan marking the beginning of his career?
François-Xavier Poizat François-Xavier Poizat is a French pianist. Born 18 August 1989 in Grenoble with Swiss, French and Chinese origins, Poizat grew up with the learning from the Russian masters Alexeï Golovine and Evgeni Koroliov, as well as the Argentinian pianists Nelson Goerner and Martha Argerich. It is Martha Argerich who propelled him on the international stage by inviting him when he was 12 years old to the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, recognizing his ‘’deep lyricism and remarkable virtuosity’’. This marked the beginning of a career that has brought him to perform in already 22 countries in Europe and Asia. He currently lives in New York City and studies at The Juilliard School with Matti Raekallio.
Geoffrey Tozer Geoffrey Peter Bede Hawkshaw Tozer (5 November 195421 August 2009) was an Australian classical pianist and composer. A child prodigy, he composed an opera at the age of eight, and became the youngest recipient of a Churchill Fellowship award at 13. His career included tours of Europe, America, Australia and China, where he performed the "Yellow River Concerto" to an estimated audience of 80 million people. Tozer had more than 100 concertos in his repertoire, including those of Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Medtner, Rachmaninoff, Bartók, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Gerhard.