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| | Kennedy Center: Biographical information for Emanuel Ax |
 | | Ax premiered Krzysztof Pendereckiâs new piano concerto, âResurrection,â with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and at the request of Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony, he will premiere a concerto written for him by Melinda Wagner (May 2003). |
 | | Ax made festival appearances at Tanglewood, Ravinia, the Hollywood Bowl, Wolf Trap and the BBC Proms, and he also gave a series of concerts in Australia and Japan. |
 | | Ax, a graduate of Columbia University (where he majored in French), resides in New York City with his wife, the pianist Yoko Nozaki, their son, Joseph, and their daughter, Sarah. |
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