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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Menahem Pressler has received more than 312,064 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Menahem Pressler is the 706th most popular musician (up from 1,141st in 2019), the 2,988th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,824th in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Menahem Pressler ranks 706 out of 3,175. Before him are Rick Davies, Jerry Garcia, Jeff Buckley, Eric Dolphy, Robert Hausmann, and Elmore James. After him are Alexis Weissenberg, Lev Oborin, Clara Rockmore, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Conrad Graf, and The Big Bopper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Menahem Pressler ranks 168. Before him are Shmuel Eisenstadt, Ahmet Ertegun, Harrison Dillard, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Tonino Delli Colli, and Nirmala Srivastava. After him are Bob Barker, Cesare Siepi, Nazik Al-Malaika, Linda Darnell, Inge Morath, and D. N. Aidit. Among people deceased in 2023, Menahem Pressler ranks 248. Before him are Vera Vasilyeva, Maryanne Trump Barry, Paul de Senneville, Nadja Tiller, Meir Shalev, and Jim Brown. After him are Bob Barker, Endel Tulving, C. R. Rao, Ilya Kabakov, Elmar Wepper, and Slim Borgudd.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Menahem Pressler ranks 2,988 out of 7,253. Before him are Wolfgang Iser (1926), Conrad II, Duke of Bavaria (1052), Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (1932), Rudolf Stammler (1856), Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (1751), and Thilo Sarrazin (1945). After him are John IV, Duke of Bavaria (1437), Karl Valentin (1882), Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1869), Johann Baptist Cramer (1771), Johannes Dieckmann (1893), and August Batsch (1761).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Menahem Pressler ranks 39. Before him are Oliver Riedel (1971), Klaus Voormann (1938), Gerd Albrecht (1935), Peter Schreier (1935), Harold Faltermeyer (1952), and Robert Hausmann (1852). After him are Conrad Graf (1782), David Garrett (1980), Fritz Busch (1890), Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682), Theo Jörgensmann (1948), and Klaus Tennstedt (1926).

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