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Menahem Pressler

1923 - 2023

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Menahem Pressler (Hebrew: מנחם פרסלר; 16 December 1923 – 6 May 2023) was a German-born Israeli-American pianist and academic teacher. He was known for his work with the Beaux Arts Trio that he co-founded in 1955, playing until its dissolution in 2008, in hundreds of recordings and thousands of concerts. He taught at Indiana University Bloomington. His playing was described as focused on elegance, delicacy and clarity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Menahem Pressler is the 466th most popular musician (up from 706th in 2019), the 2,045th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,988th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Menahem Pressler ranks 466 out of 3,175. Before him are Paul Desmond, Alexander Siloti, Milton Nascimento, Buddy Rich, The Game, and Avril Lavigne. After him are Géza Anda, Edwin Fischer, Bo Diddley, Paul Landers, Roger Whittaker, and Alicia de Larrocha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Menahem Pressler ranks 112. Before him are Yaşar Kemal, Aaron Spelling, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Belisario Betancur, Álvaro Mutis, and Ernst Nolte. After him are Alexandre Astruc, Walerian Borowczyk, André Courrèges, Alicia de Larrocha, Dexter Gordon, and Charles Durning. Among people deceased in 2023, Menahem Pressler ranks 110. Before him are Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Stockton Rush, Frank Borman, Betty Boothroyd, David Crosby, and Kaija Saariaho. After him are Petar Zhekov, Ruslan Khasbulatov, Matteo Messina Denaro, Roger Whittaker, Antonella Lualdi, and Lee Sun-kyun.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Menahem Pressler ranks 2,046 out of 7,253. Before him are Klaus Augenthaler (1957), Hinrich Lohse (1896), Dieter Schwarz (1939), Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795), Christian the Younger of Brunswick (1599), and Hieronymus Wolf (1516). After him are Reinhard Keiser (1674), Veit Harlan (1899), Johann Trollmann (1907), Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661), Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725), and Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Menahem Pressler ranks 23. Before him are Wilhelm Backhaus (1884), Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), Matthias Jabs (1955), Ralf Hütter (1946), Theo Jörgensmann (1948), and Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923). After him are Paul Landers (1964), Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963), Kai Hansen (1963), Christian Lorenz (1966), Uli Jon Roth (1954), and Rudolf Kempe (1910).

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