Martha Argerich invited which 12 year old French pianist to perform at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan marking the beginning of his career?
Martha Argerich Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is an Argentine classical pianist, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the second half of the 20th century.
Caroline Haffner She was born as Princess Caroline Murat in Paris and studied piano with Alfred Cortot and Samson François, Pierre Sancan, and later with Lev Oborin in Moscow. She was awarded her Licence de Concert when she was 14 years old from the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris. Caroline started a lifelong career as teacher and performer aged 18 in Paris. She was the youngest laureat at the Marguerite Long international competition, won the Grand Prix at the Genève International Competition and the Terni Casagrande among other prestigious prizes. She cofounded with Martin Engstroem the Verbier Academy.