Born in modern day Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved to Winnipeg, Canada, with his family when he was a young boy. His studies at the Juilliard School were supported by the sponsorship of the Epstein Scholarship Program of the Boys Clubs of America, and he subsequently won the Young Concert Artists Award. Additionally, he attended Columbia University where he majored in French. Mr. Ax made his New York debut in the Young Concert Artists Series, and captured public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975 he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists followed four years later by the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. (continue…)
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Program:
Brahms: The Rhapsodies, Op. 79
G. Benjamin: Piano Figures
Schumann: Fantasiestücke
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Chopin: Nocturne in B Major
Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 50
Chopin: Andante spianato et grande polonaise in E-flat Major, Op. 22