Menahem Pressler August 11- August 15, 2008 Menahem Pressler will return to the Adamant Music School this year for the 20th season of his Solo Piano Master Class. A brilliant soloist, ensemble player and professor at the Indiana University School of Music, Mr. Pressler first achieved international prominence at age seventeen, when he won the Claude Debussy Prize. On his first American tour, Mr. Pressler was soloist five times with the Philadelphia Orchestra and was immediately awarded an unprecedented three-year contract with that orchestra.

He appears and records regularly with the leading orchestras around the world. Mr. Pressler is a founding member of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio, recognized as one of the finest chamber music ensembles of our day. The Beaux Arts Trio has recorded almost the entire piano trio literature and has received many prestigious awards, including the Grand Prix Mondial du Disque in France. In celebration of its 100th anniversary, Carnegie Hall commissioned a trio by Ned Rorem. The Beaux Arts Trio performed the premiere. In addition to the 100 or so yearly concerts with the Beaux Arts Trio, Mr. Pressler also appears with the Juilliard, Emerson, Guarneri and Fine Arts Quartets. The deadline for submitting the application has been extended until April 21, 2008. Download application