When he was about 12, Giorgi Gigashvili discovered the Argentine pianist Martha Argerich. A young pianist himself, Gigashvili had recently realized he wanted classical music “to be a part of my life,” ...
Moving on to the Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance, we hear the Gavotte and Gallop from Sergei Prokofiev's Cinderella, played on two pianos by Martha Argerich and Mikhail Pletnev.
It's not generally known that Cinderella galloped. Here's a gallop from Prokofiev's ballet, Cinderella. This CD by pianists Mikhail Pletnev and Martha Argerich won the 2004 Grammy Award for best ...