Ponti, Michael

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Name (Latin)
Ponti, Michael
Date of birth
1937-10-29
Date of death
2022-10-17
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Pianists
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Baker, 8th ed. (Ponti, Michael
b. 10-29-37, Freiburg im Breisgau (of American parents)
American pianist)
Liszt, F. Michael Ponti plays Liszt [SR] p1983: labels (Michael Ponti) insert (b. 10-29-1937, in Freiburg, Germany)
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 22329388
Wikidata: Q707611
Library of congress: n 85058127
TAU10: 000317975
Sources of Information
  • Baker, 8th ed.(Ponti, Michael; b. 10-29-37, Freiburg im Breisgau (of American parents); American pianist)
  • Gramophone, November 2022:page 17 (obituary: Michael Ponti; pianist; born October 29, 1937, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; died October 17, 2022; raised in Washington, DC)
  • Liszt, F. Michael Ponti plays Liszt [SR] p1983:labels (Michael Ponti) insert (b. 10-29-1937, in Freiburg, Germany)
  • Mussorgsky, M.P. Pictures at an exhibition [SR] p1982:label (Michael Ponti, piano)
  • Wikipedia, November 28, 2022(Michael Ponti; born October 29, 1937, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; died October 17, 2022, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany; German-American classical pianist)

Wikipedia description:

Michael Ponti (29 October 1937 – 17 October 2022) was a German-American classical pianist. He was the first to record the complete piano works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin. He made more than 80 recordings, around 50 of rarely played concertos from the Romantic period, often the only recording of these works at the time. He played and recorded chamber music with his Ponti-Zimansky-Polasek Trio.

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