Menahem Pressler (; 16 December 1923 – 6 May 2023) was a German-born Israeli-American pianist and university instructor. He co-founded the Beaux Arts Trio in 1955 and performed with the group until its dissolution in 2008, playing in hundreds of recordings and concerts. He taught at Indiana University Bloomington, and his playing was described as focused on elegance, delicacy, and clarity. Pressler was Jewish; his parents owned a shop for men's clothing that was destroyed by the Nazis during the 9 November 1938 pogrom, euphemistically called the "Night of Broken Glass". and of music for piano and orchestra by various composers for the American label MGM. The Beaux Arts Trio made an extensive series of recordings for Philips.
The article does, however, contain an error: Pressler did not "bump into" Sigmund Freud in California (or anywhere else) in 1946 or 1947, because Freud died in 1939 – see The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud by Ernest Jones and numerous reference books.
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External links
- Indiana University Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors – Menahem Pressler
- Interview with Menahem Pressler, 8 June 1996