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Emanuel Ax
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Since 1949
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Emanuel "Manny" Ax (born June 8, 1949) is a Polish-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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Emanuel Ax, né le 8 juin 1949 à Lviv (Galicie, annexée après la Seconde Guerre mondiale par l'Union soviétique), est un pianiste américain, vainqueur du concours Rubinstein en 1974.
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Discography
Albums
- 1980 Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466 / Concerto no. 22 in E-flat, K. 482
- 1981 Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11
- 1982 Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
- 1982 The Piano Quartets
- 1984 Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2
- 1985 Sonatas for Cello and Piano
- 1985 The Four Ballades / Sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor
- 1986 Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor”
- 1986 Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
- 1986 Sonata no. 4, op. 102, no. 1
- 1987 Cello Sonatas Nos. 3, 5
- 1987 Piano Concertos nos. 3 & 4
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- 1987 Piano Quartet op. 47 / Piano Quintet op. 44
- 1988 Double Concerto / Piano Quartet, op. 60
- 1988 Piano Trios
- 1988 Scherzos & Mazurkas
- 1988 Trio, op. 67 / Sonata for Cello and Piano
- 1989 Sonata for Cello & Piano
- 1989 Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major "Trout" / Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
- 1990 Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 5 / Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
- 1991 Cello Sonatas
- 1992 Piano Concertos
- 1992 Piano Quartets, opp. 15 & 45
- 1992 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel / Six Piano Pieces / Two Rhapsodies
- 1992 Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor” / Choral Fantasy
- 1992 Sonatas for Cello and Piano, opp. 38, 99 and 108
- 1993 Schoenberg: Piano Concerto / Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
- 1994 Concerto pour piano Nos. 4, 5 "Empereur"
- 1994 Piano Quartets
- 1994 Die schöne Müllerin, op. 25 D. 795
- 1994 Polonaise Brillante For Cello & Piano / Cello Sonata / Piano Trio / Polonaise Brillante For Piano
- 1995 Fantasias op. 116 / Piano Pieces op. 119 / Piano Sonata no. 2 op. 2
- 1996 Century Rolls
- 1996 "Trout" Quintet / "Arpeggione" Sonata
- 1996 King Gesar
- 1997 Piano Concerto No. 2 / Grand Fantasia / Grande Polonaise
- 1997 Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Burleske
- 1998 Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11 / Grande Valse brillante in A minor, op. 34, no. 2 / Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", op. 2
- 1999 Piano Concerto no. 2 / Cello Sonata, op. 78
- 2000 Phantasmagoria
- 2000 Piano Quartet / Romantic Pieces / Sonatina
- 2001 Symphonic Dances and Suites for 2 Pianos
- 2003 Piano Sonatas Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35, 49
- 2004 The Piano Quartets
- 2004 Trios for Piano, Clarinet, Cello
- 2004 Cello Concerto / Fantasiestücke / Adagio & Allegro / 5 Stücke im Volkston
- 2004 Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2
- 2005 Don Quixote / Sonata for Cello and Piano
- 2005 Sinfoniche metamorphosen / Die vier temperamente / Mathis der maler
- 2005 Music for Two Pianos
- 2007 Enoch Arden
- 2007 Sonatas nos. 33, 38, 58, 60
- 2009 Piano Sonatas Nos. 32, 47, 53 & 59
- 2009 Ives, Beethoven, and Emanuel Ax
- 2010 Piano Trio, opp. 49 & 66
- 2011 Symphony no. 5 / Piano Concerto no. 4
- 2011 Release 8: Debussy: Pagodes from Estampes, for solo piano - Messiaen: Couleurs de la Cité Céleste - Mahler: Symphony No. 5
- 2013 Variations
- 2013 J.S. Bach, Schoenberg, Mozart
- 2013 Mozart, Bruckner
- 2013 Haydn, Christopher Rouse, Wagner
- 2015 Violin Sonatas
- 2015 Piano Concerto no. 3 / Mass in C major
- 2017 The Piano Trios
- 2022 Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5
- 2022 Beethoven for Three: Symphony no. 6 “Pastorale” and op. 1, no. 3
- 2024 Beethoven for Three: Symphony no. 4 and op. 97 “Archduke”
- 2025 Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1 / Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost" / Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
- Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
