This has been known for awhile, I think. I'm a massive, massive Martha Argereich fan (yes, you don't need to be a U.S. citizen to be selected), and probably have every single one of her CDs. But she's an infamous no-show in concert. I hold two pairs of very expensive tickets unused because she canceled. She won't cancel from the Kennedy Center, and I adore her to pieces, but I do hold a little bit of a grudge.
I'm a massive, massive Martha Argereich fan.
But he still conducts for her!At some point she apparently canceled her marriage to Conductor Charles Dutoit.
Add Lorin Maazel to the list of deserving honorees. IMO
Martha Argereich, Eagles, Al Pacino, Mavis Staples. James Taylor.
Sunday, December 4.
I wish Sherill Milnes had been included. Or Carol King. Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor and Edgar Meyer not yet old enough, I guess.
Pretty sure Carole King was honored last year or the year before.