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Martha Argerich gave her first concert at eight, in Buenos Aires, and by sixteen had won both the Geneva and Busoni international piano competitions; her 1965 victory at the International Chopin Piano Competition launched a career now spanning six decades. Since the 1980s she has largely stepped back from solo recitals in favor of chamber music and duo performance, playing regularly with musicians including cellist Mischa Maisky and violinist Gidon Kremer. She is particularly associated with interpretations of Chopin, Ravel, Prokofiev and Schumann.