Emanuel Ax
Emanuel Ax (born June 8, 1949) is a Polish-born Jewish-American pianist. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Born in Lvov (Poland), he began to study the piano at the age of six in Warsaw. When the family moved to North America in 1961 he continued his studies at the Juilliard School under Mieczylaw Munz. He lives in New York with his wife, the pianist Yoko Nazaki, and their two children. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Ax is a particular supporter of 20th century composers and has given three world premieres in the last few seasons; Century Rolls by John Adams, Seeing by Christopher Rouse and Red Silk Dance by Bright Sheng. He also performs works by such diverse figures as Sir Michael Tippett, Hans Werner Henze, Joseph Schwantner and Paul Hindemith, as well as older composers such as Beethoven and Mozart. Ax regularly performs duo recitals with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and played quartets with Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo and Yo-Yo Ma. For Sony, though the quartet had to disband in 2001 when Stern died, they have recorded works by Brahms, Faure, Beethoven, Schumann and Mozart. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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