Emanuel Ax
Schauspiel·8. Juni 1949 — 77 Jahre·Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Emanuel "Manny" Ax (born June 8, 1949) is an 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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2024Music by John WilliamsSelf - Pianist2020Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 - Emanuel Ax, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernard HaitinkSelf - Pianist2014Mozart in the JungleTVEmanuel Ax2013Tanglewood 75th Anniversary CelebrationHimself2012In Search of HaydnSelf - Pianist2009In Search of BeethovenSelf2006Hail Bop! A Portrait of John AdamsSelf2004The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary: Piano ExtravaganzaSelf - Piano1999Europakonzert 1999 from CracowSelf - Piano1989Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make MusicSelf1972Le Grand ÉchiquierTVSelf