Talk:Emanuel Ax

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[edit] Where was he born?

I just noticed that, in different parts of the article, Mr. Ax is described as having been born in Poland and in Ukraine... (?) HMishkoff 15:07, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I always understand he was Polish-born. Is it possible his parents were Polish, even though he was born in Ukraine (or, to be correct, the Soviet Union at the time)? JackofOz 11:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Lviv, although the major Cultural city of Western Ukraine has had numerous associations. Before WWI it was part of Austria Hungary. Then during WWI it passed into Russian juristiction and then was the capitol of the Western Ukrainian Republic, and then part of the Ukrainian National Republic. After the Russian Revolution it passed into Polish juristiction. In 1939 it passed into Soviet furistiction with the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. During WWII it was under Nazi juristiction with a 3 day window in which they proclaimed an independant Ukrainian republic. After the War - part of the Ukrainian SSR (and as a result part of the USSR). In 1991 in Independent Ukraine.

Lviv is surrounded by Ukrainian ethnic territory, however the city itself was a multicultural conglomerate which had a significant Polish and Jewish population. Since WWII the Polsih, jewish and Austrian populations have shrunk considerably.

Mr Ax was born in the Ukrainian SSR (One of the founding members of the UN). He is ethnically Jewish. He wasn't born in Poland or in Russia. He may have a had a strong Polish influence in his upbringing but that would be in relation to the dominant culture of his evironment nd time...

What his relationship would be to being catagorized as a Polish Classical pianist is hard to accurately say. He wasn't born in Poland, and he isn't ethnically Polish, however his bios with Sony do (incorrectly) state so. - Go fish. --Bandurist 22:20, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Major problem with the article

An anonymous editor has brought up a good point:

"The rest of this article is ripped off from the following website: http://www.schubert.org/concerts-IAS-artists.html"

On the left is the text about Emanuel Ax from the Schubert website, which does have a copyright notice, while the text that was in the article is on the right:

Redacted for copyright reasons --Robth^Talk 00:04, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

All of this text was added on March 15, 2006 by the anonymous editor 24.23.194.90; it has since been wikilinked and tweaked, but remains a copy of an apparently copyrighted site. I have reverted the note that was left in the article today, posted a copyright notice, and moved the questionable text here. It is a shame to have to do this, but there seems little doubt that the material was copied. If permission was obtained, then some notification should be included so as to avoid copyright issues. --Ckatz^chat_spy 09:51, 26 October 2006 (UTC)