Argerich (pronounced AR-guh-reech), who grew up in Argentina but has lived for decades in Geneva, has a reputation for mysticism. She can summon immense power and velocity in Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky ...

The award-winning pianist on the relationship between music and politics—and on five books that hold them in tension.

Titled "The Green Piano," the autobiographical picture book chronicles the singer's journey to becoming a world-renowned singer, tracing her love for music back to a green piano that her father ...