Emanuel Ax

Acting

Emanuel Ax

Born

1949-06-08 (77)

Place of birth

Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

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 t…

Known for

Le Grand Échiquier poster
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Le Grand Échiquier is a French variety television program created and presented by Jacques Chancel. It aired at 8:30 pm on the first channel of the ORTF from January 12, 1972 to July 12, 1972, then on the second color channel of the ORTF from September 1972 to December 1974, and finally on Antenne 2 from January 1975 to December 21, 1989. The program returned to France 2 on December 20, 2018 and is hosted by Anne-Sophie Lapix.

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

Mozart in the Jungle poster
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In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.

Mozart in the Jungle

2014

Music by John Williams poster
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His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro John Williams' own story, with insights from filmmakers, musicians, and others he has inspired, complete with rare behind-the-scenes looks at the making of movie history.

Music by John Williams

2024

Yuja poster
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Daredevil. Rebel. Powerhouse. At 39, Yuja Wang stands among the most electrifying musicians of our time and she is falling out of love with the music. In Yuja, acclaimed filmmaker Lorna Tucker crafts an immersive portrait of an artist in flux. With unprecedented access, the film weaves together performance, memory, and reconstruction to explore the forces that shape Yuja, and the woman she is still becoming.

Yuja

2026

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8.0

On the 60th anniversary, on January 27, 2005, of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Museum agreed for the first time to the filming at the Auschwitz site of performances by internationally renowned musicians.

Holocaust: A Music Memorial Film

2005

Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration poster
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Tanglewood is one of the world's most beloved music festivals and serves as the summer home for the famed Boston Symphony Orchestra. In a star-studded event featuring some of its most distinguished and long-term contributors, the prestigious Tanglewood Festival celebrated its 75th anniversary with an evening of sparkling music that will long be remembered.

Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration

2013

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

Music by John Williams poster
8.0

His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro John Williams' own story, with insights from filmmakers, musicians, and others he has inspired, complete with rare behind-the-scenes looks at the making of movie history.

Music by John Williams

2024

Yuja poster
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Daredevil. Rebel. Powerhouse. At 39, Yuja Wang stands among the most electrifying musicians of our time and she is falling out of love with the music. In Yuja, acclaimed filmmaker Lorna Tucker crafts an immersive portrait of an artist in flux. With unprecedented access, the film weaves together performance, memory, and reconstruction to explore the forces that shape Yuja, and the woman she is still becoming.

Yuja

2026

All The Music in the World poster
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A revealing look at one of the world’s greatest pianists – Emanuel Ax, a celebrated virtuoso still contending with stage fright – as he embarks on his 50th year of performing and wrestles with the question of when, or whether, to step away from the spotlight.

All The Music in the World

2026

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 - Emanuel Ax, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink poster
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After 65 years at the rostrum, Bernard Haitink is making his departure from the concert stage at the age of 90. In his farewell concert at the Salzburg Festival, featuring the Vienna Philharmonic and pianist Emanuel Ax, the maestro conducts two tragical-lyrical works that mark the zenith of the respective composers’ creative powers - Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7. The Dutch conductor was to enchant his audience, orchestra and apparently also himself in his final performance of the work.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 - Emanuel Ax, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink

2020

2000s · 3 titles

Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams poster
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Shot over the course of a year, this intimate portrait of provocative composer John Adams presents scenes of the artist at work and at play against the backdrop of dramatic American landscapes that reflect the themes of his music. Though he has a number of credits to his name, Adams is best known for his unconventional opera "Nixon in China," which explores the former U.S. president's meeting with Mao Zedong in 1972.

Hail Bop! A Portrait of John Adams

2006

The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary: Piano Extravaganza poster
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Switzerland's annual Verbier Festival has become one of the premier international musical celebrations, attracting a who's who of world-renowned artists to the Swiss countryside for more than two weeks of classical music performances. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the festival, the world's greatest pianists gathered to play arrangements of classical favorites for four to 16 hands on one to eight pianos. Pianists Leif Ove Andsnes, Nicholas Angelich, Martha Argerich, Emanuel Ax, Claude Frank, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang, James Levine, Mikhail Pletnev, and Staffan Scheja perform works by Mozart, Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakov, Smetana, Sousa, and Gottschalk. Also featured is Bach's "Concerto in A Minor," performed with the Verbier Birthday Festival Orchestra: Renaud Capuçon, Sarah Chang, Ilya Gringolts, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Christian Tetzlaff, Nikolaj Znaider, Yuri Bashmet, Nobuko Imai, Mischa Maisky, Boris Pergamenschikow, and Patrick de Los Santos.

The Verbier Festival & Academy 10th Anniversary: Piano Extravaganza

2004

In Search of Beethoven poster
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In Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great composer. Over 65 performances by the world's finest musicians were recorded and 100 interviews conducted in the making of this beautifully crafted film. Eleven interviews are included in the Extras and Six complete movements.

In Search of Beethoven

2009

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