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Menahem Pressler
12+ albums
Classicalpiano
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Menahem Pressler, founding member and pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio, has established himself among the world’s most distinguished and honored musicians, with a career that spans over five decades. Now 90 years old, he continues to captivate audiences throughout the world as performer and pedagogue, performing solo and chamber music recitals to great critical acclaim while maintaining a dedicated and robust teaching career. Born in Magdeburg, Germany in 1923, Pressler fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and emigrated to Israel. 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. Since then, Pressler’s extensive tours of North America and Europe have included performances with the orchestras of New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Dallas, San Francisco, London, Paris, Brussels, Oslo, and Helsinki, among others. In 2007 Menahem Pressler was appointed as an Honorary Fellow of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in recognition of a lifetime of performance and leadership in music. In 2005 Pressler received two additional awards of International merit: the German President’s Deutsche Bundesverdienstkreuz (Cross of Merit) First Class, Germany’s highest honor, and France’s highest cultural honor, the Commandeur in the Order of Arts and Letters award. Pressler
top songs
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Schumann: Piano Quintet in E Flat, Op. 44 - 2. In modo d'una marcia (Un poco largamente)
2,3262Debussy: Rêverie, L. 68
1,1203Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
9344Debussy: Deux Arabesques, L. 66 - No. 1 Andante con moto
6665Rêverie, L. 68
5666La plus que lente, L. 121
4097III. Clair de lune
3868Debussy: Préludes / Book 1, L. 117 - 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
3599Deux arabesques, L. 66: No. 1 Andante con moto
30010Debussy: La plus que lente, L. 121
239albums
Clair de lune
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Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op.22; Piano Quartet, Op. 47
Beethoven, Schubert & Chopin: Piano Works
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Dvorák: Piano Quintet, Op. 81 / Piano Quartet, Op. 87
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Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 23 & No. 27 (Live)
Menahem Pressler in Verbier (Live)
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In Memoriam: Menahem Pressler
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Mozart: Piano Sonatas No. 11, 17 & 18
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Haydn: Complete Piano Trios
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Schubert: Complete Trios
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 27 (Live)
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Beaux Arts Trio - A 50 Year Celebration in Music