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Emanuel Ax
American pianist
b. 1949age 77Living
A classical pianist known as much for chamber music as for solo recitals, Ax built long collaborative partnerships with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinists Isaac Stern and Young Uck Kim. He won first prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in 1974 after placing at the Chopin, Vianna da Motta, and Queen Elisabeth competitions, and has taught at Juilliard since 1990.