Menahem Pressler

The name Menahem Pressler is, to numerous, almost synonymous using the Beaux Arts Trio, the group he founded in 1955, the same year the busy pianist joined the faculty at Indiana University or college. Incredibly, he offers remained energetic in both functions for 50-plus years right now. The Beaux Arts Trio offers frequently been cited among the world’s finest piano trios, & most from the credit because of its achievement must head to Pressler, that has, and in addition, been the just long lasting member down over time. The group, in home in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., offers concertized widely across the world, typically providing about 100 concerts a 12 months. The trio’s huge repertory contains staples by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Dvorák, and many more. But, obviously, Pressler in addition has produced a name for himself being a soloist and recitalist, and a freelance pianist dealing with many other performers and groups, like the Juilliard, Emerson, and Guarneri string quartets. He provides made a lot more than 50 recordings using the Trio and over 30 being a soloist, most showing up on such main brands as Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, and Summit Information. Pressler was created in Magdeburg, Germany, on Dec 16, 1923. A talented pianist in his teenagers, he was compelled to flee Germany in 1938. His family members resolved in Israel, where Pressler received the majority of his advanced musical education. In 1946 Pressler gained the Debussy International Piano Competition in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. Quickly afterward he made an appearance using the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. Though his profession being a piano soloist and recitalist was effective, Pressler became more and more involved with chamber music and founded the Trio in 1955. The various other original members had been violinist Daniel Guilet and cellist Bernard Greenhouse. Their debut was on the 1955 Berkshire Music Celebration. Guilet was changed in 1969 by Isidore Cohen, and Greenhouse in 1987 by Peter Wiley. Other changes came quickly afterward, with Ida Kavafian and Youthful Uck Kim keeping relatively short tenures. The group in 2007 — violinist Daniel Wish, cellist Antonio Meneses, and Pressler — has been around place since 2002. Along with teaching since 1955 at Indiana School (Jacobs College of Music), Pressler provides regularly served being a jury member on the Queen Elizabeth and Truck Cliburn Tournaments. His recordings add a disk of cello sonatas by Fauré and Franck, with Shauna Rolston, on Summit Information.