Menahem Pressler

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Recent News, Reviews & Press Releases

• Menahem Pressler wins Wigmore Medal – October 2011

• The Oxford Times – Menahem Pressler at the Sheldonian Theatre – August 2011

• Norman Lebrecht – At Last, A lifetime Award for Real Achievement - March 2011

• Menahem Pressler Wins ICMA Lifetime Achievement Award – March 2011

• Menahem Pressler Receives Honorary Chinese Professorship – November 2010

• Ottawa Citizen – Pressler, Emerson Quartet Create Magic at Music and Beyond Opener – July 2010

• Menahem Pressler still tops at 86 – www.timesargus.com – May 2010

• Pressler lives up to ‘legend’ in concert – Palm Beach Daily News – April 2010

• The Legend Plays On – The Jewish Chronicle Online – March 2010

• Deseret News – Salt Lake City, UT – Pressler is Proof that Age is Irrelevant – February 2010

• The Washington Post – In Performance: Menahem Pressler & Friends – January 2010

• “Artistry in Piano Teaching” book receives runner-up to book of the year award – November 2009

• In world news, IU Distinguished Professor Menahem Pressler receives honorary citizenship from his hometown of Magdeburg, Germany, which he fled to escape the Nazis in 1939.  Details can be found in numerous reviews including the Chicago Tribune, The Indianapolis Star and Indiana University News.

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• Seen and Heard International – Menahem Pressler with the Canton Symphony Orchestra – October 2009

• Interview with The Legendary Pianist Menahem Pressler – hometheaterhifi.com – September 2009
  

• The Union Tribune (San Diego) – Pressler Master of Finesse – August 2009
  

• San Francisco Classical Voice – Deeply Touched by M. Pressler – August 2009
  

• San Francisco Classical Voice – An Interview with Menahem Pressler – July 2009
  

• Le Journal Review – Menahem Pressler with the Orchestre National de France in Paris, France – July 2009
  

• The Globe and Mail Review – Menahem Pressler & Friends in Toronto, Canada – July 2009
  

• Menahem Pressler Receives Lifetime Acheivement Award from the Edison Foundation – June 2009

• Classical FM Review – Menahem Pressler with the Takacs Quartet in Boulder, CO – May 2009

• The Buffalo News – Menahem Pressler with the Muir String Quartet – April 2009

• The Boston Musical Intelligencer – Menahem Pressler with the Muir String Quartet – March 2009

• The Washington Post Review of Menahem Pressler with the Auryn Quartet at Gaston Hall – March 2009

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Recently Published book “Menahem Pressler: Artistry in Piano Teaching” by William Brown now available for purchase!

As soloist, master class teacher, and pianist of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler can boast of four Grammy nominations, two honorary doctorates, more than 80 recordings, and lifetime achievement awards presented by France, Germany, and Israel. Former Pressler student William Brown traces the master’s pianistic development through Rudiakov, Kestenberg, Vengerova, Casadesus, Petri, and Steuermann, blending techniques and traditions derived from Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and even J. S. Bach. Brown presents Pressler’s approach to performance and teaching, including technical exercises, principles of relaxation and total body involvement, and images to guide the pianist’s creativity toward expressive interpretation. Insights from the author’s own lessons, interviews with Pressler, and recollections of more than 100 Pressler students from the past 50 years are gathered in this text. Measure-by-measure lessons on 23 piano masterworks by among others Bach, Bartok, Debussy, and Ravel as well as transcriptions of Pressler’s fingerings, hand redistributions, practicing guidelines, musical scores, and master class performances are included.

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• Focus Online – “Benefizkonzert „gegen Vergessen und Gleichgültigkeit“ – 10 November 2008

• Mitteldeutsche Zeitung – “Ein Bürger ruft zum Handeln” – 11 November 2008

• Berliner Morganpost – “Gedenkkonzert im Flughafen Tempelhof” – 11 November 2008

• Der Tagesspiegel – “Flughafen Tempelhof – die ideale Konzerthalle” – 12 November 2008

• Berliner Zeitung – “Töne des Gedenkens”- 11 November 2008

• NPR – “Beaux Arts Trio Bids Farewell at Tanglewood” – 19 August 2008

• New York Times – “A Trio Winds Down, A Circle Closes, and Musicians Plan to go on” – 08 April 2008