Emanuel Ax
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 8, 1949, Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]
- Movies
- 11
Emanuel "Manny" Ax (born June 8, 1949) is an 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.
Best-Known Movies
Music by John Williams
2024
In Search of Beethoven
2009
Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music
1989
In Search of Haydn
2012
Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams
2006
The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary: Piano Extravaganza
2004
Europakonzert 1999 from Cracow
1999
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 - Emanuel Ax, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink
2020
Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration
2013
Yuja
2026
Filmography
| 2026 | Yuja | Self |
| 2026 | All The Music in the World | |
| 2024 | Music by John Williams | Self - Pianist |
| 2020 | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 - Emanuel Ax, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink | Self - Pianist |
| 2013 | Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration | Himself |
| 2012 | In Search of Haydn | Self - Pianist |
| 2009 | In Search of Beethoven | Self |
| 2006 | Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams | Self |
| 2004 | The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary: Piano Extravaganza | Self - Piano |
| 1999 | Europakonzert 1999 from Cracow | Self - Piano |
| 1989 | Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music | Self |
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