- Emanuel Ax was born on June 8, 1949 in Lviv, Lvivska oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Lvivska oblast, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Immortal Beloved (1994) and The Horse Whisperer (1998). He is married to Yoko Nozaki. They have two children.
- SpouseYoko Nozaki(? - present) (2 children)
- Regularly performs with his wife, also a pianist.
- Graduated from Juilliard and Columbia University.
- Grammy Award-winning pianist.
- Won the first 'Arthur Rubinstein' International Piano Competition.
- Lives in the same apartment building as Yefim Bronfman.
- Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.
- Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway.
- I don't see myself as anyone very special. I think most of my pianist friends are at least as adventurous as me, and they learn a lot more repertoire. I'm very lucky to be in this profession, and I'm as curious as anyone else. But I don't think I do anything of tremendous depths in terms of research into performance practice. I spend that time practising
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