Emanuel ax biography
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Emanuel Ax
American pianist, music professor (1949)
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| Born | (1949-06-08) June 8, 1949 (age 75) Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Classical pianist |
Emanuel "Manny"[1]Ax (born 8 June 1949) is a Grammy-winning American classical pianist. He is known for his chamber music collaborations with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinists Isaac Stern and Young Uck Kim, as well as his piano recitals and performances with major orchestras in the world.
Starting at age 12, Ax studied piano under Mieczysław Munz of the Juilliard School. He won honorable mention at the VIII International Chopin Piano Competition in 1970, third place at the Vianna da Motta International Music Competition in 1971, seventh place at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1972, and first prize in the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in 1974.
Ax has been a faculty member at the Juilliard School since 1990
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Born in Lviv, Ukraine, Emanuel Ax showed an early talent and interest for music — studying violin and taking piano lessons with his father, who was a coach at the city opera house. He studied at Juilliard after his family moved to New York, and after disappointing finishes in high-profile events like the Chopin Competition and the Queen Elizabeth Competition, Ax withdrew from competing for a time to make his 1973 New York debut, at Alice Tully Hall. The year after, he won the Rubinstein Piano Master Competition, and made his name in the American concert tour included with the success. In 1979 he was awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Prize, which led to a recording contract with RCA Victor.
As a soloist, Ax has demonstrated a particular affinity for the Romantics; nonetheless, his repertoire is among the most diverse of any pianist on the scene today and ranges from the music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven to important twentieth century figures like Tippett, Henze,
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Emanuel Ax
pianist
June 8, 1949 - Lvov (Poland)
© Marie Mazzucco / Sony Classical
About
Born in modern day Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved to Winnipeg, Canada, with his family when he was a ung boy. His studies at the Juilliard School were supported bygd the sponsorship of the Epstein Scholarship Program of the Boys Clubs of America, and he subsequently won the Young Concert Artists Award. Additionally, he attended Columbia University where he majored in French. Mr. Ax made his New York debut in the Young Concert Artists Series, and captured public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975 he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists followed four years later bygd the coveted Avery Fisher Prize.
Always a committed exponent of contemporary composers with works written for him by John Adams, Christopher Rouse, Krzysztof Penderecki, Bright Sheng, and Melinda Wagner already in his reperto