Menahem Pressler—Classical Pianist
Birth
Menahem Pressler (born 16 December 1923, Magdeburg) is a Jewish-born German pianist.
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Work
Menahem Pressler, distinguished professor in the Indiana University School of Music, was presented with the Commandeur in the Order of Arts and Letters award, France's highest cultural honor, by French Counsul General Richard Barbeyron on September 17, 2005. Visit Menahem Pressler's Website Contact Menahem Pressler Menahem Pressler Menahem Pressler, founding member and pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio (founded in 1955), has established himself among the world's most distinguished and honored musicians, with a career that spans nearly five decades. Professor Pressler's world renowned career was launched after he was awarded first prize at the Debussy International Piano Competition in San Francisco in 1946. This was followed by his successful American debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Eugene Ormandy. ... Born in Magdeburg, Germany, Menahem Pressler received most of his musical training in Israel.
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Menahem Pressler has been awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the North Carolina School of the Arts. He has received four Grammy Award nominations and a lifetime achievement award from Gramophone magazine. ... He served as juror at the Van Cliburn and Queen Elisabeth competitions. He has taught master classes in Germany, France, Canada, and Argentina, and is internationally active as a soloist and chamber musician. Professor Pressler has performed solo concerts with the Chicago Symphony and other orchestras. He is co-founder and continuing member of the Beaux Arts Trio and has recorded almost the entire chamber literature with piano for Philips.
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Menahem Pressler is the founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio, an ensemble widely considered to be the world's leading piano trio for more than 50 years. Pressler currently resides in Bloomington, Indiana with his wife Sara. There he teaches at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and holds the Dean Charles H. Webb Chair in Music. His musical precision and vast knowledge of piano and ...
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Beaux Arts Trio (Menahem Pressler, piano; Isidore Cohen, violin; Brnard Greenhouse, cello); Samuel Rodes, viola; Georg Hörtnagel, double bass.
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The Beaux Arts Trio (Menahem Pressler, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; Peter Wiley, cello) continues its three-concert series of the complete Beethoven Piano Trios.
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Menahem Pressler, founding member and pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio, Born in Magdeburg, Germany, Menahem Pressler received most of his musical training www.indiana.edu/~alldrp/members/pressler.html - 4k - Menahem Mazuz - Attorney General Menahem Mazuz was born in 1955 in Djerba, Tunisia, one of nine brothers and sisters.
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Grammy-nominated pianist Menahem Pressler has led a long and distinguished career. Pressler began his international concert performances in 1946 when he won first prize at the Debussy Piano Competition held in San Francisco, CA . This auspicious debut was quickly followed by a North American concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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