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- Menahem Pressler was born on December 16, 1923 in Magdeburg, Anhalt, Germany [now Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He was an actor, known for Gala from Berlin 2014 (2014), Daniel Hope: Der Klang des Lebens (2017) and Podium Witteman (2015). He was married to Sara Scherchen. He died on May 6, 2023 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseSara Scherchen(1949 - 2014) (her death, 2 children)
- He was a pianist and co-founder of the Beaux Arts Trio in 1955, and remained with the ensemble until it disbanded more than 50 years later. Violinist Daniel Guilet and cellist Bernard Greenhouse were the other founding members.
- He joined the music faculty of Indiana University in 1955.
- In January 2014, aged 90, he made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic.
- His career was launched after he won first prize at the Debussy International Piano Competition in San Francisco in 1946. His Carnegie Hall debut subsequently followed, with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy.
- Following Kristallnacht, he and his immediate family fled Nazi Germany in 1939, initially to Italy, and then to Palestine.
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