Emanuel Bay

Bay became a professor of piano at the Moscow Conservatory and later at the Odesa Conservatory.^[1] While in Russia, he met violinist Efrem Zimbalist, who invited him to tour the United States together.^[6] Between 1914 and 1922, Bay performed widely across Europe and the U.S. with Zimbalist.^[3] Their last performance together was in winter of 1930.^[7]

During World War II, Bay was unable to perform in the United States, performing throughout the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia instead.^[4]

After the war, Bay immigrated to the United States. He had known violinist Jascha Heifetz and toured with him for about two decades, frequently performing Heifetz’s arrangements of classical works.^[8][9][10] He also helped facilitate new commissions, notably the Violin Concerto by Miklós Rózsa, which Heifetz premiered in 1956.^[11] Bay signed with Decca Records in the mid‑1940s, as did Heifetz.^[10] During his career, he performed with celebrated artists such as Mischa Elman, David Oistrakh, Zino Francescatti, Joseph Szigeti, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jan Peerce, and Richard Traubel.^[12]

In 1954, he retired from concert performance and turned to teaching. He became a professor of music at the University of Southern California and also taught piano at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California.^[13]

He died in Jerusalem, Israel on December 2, 1967.^[12]

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• "Quarterly". The Strad: 18. 1975.
• University of Michigan Musical Society (1924). Thirty‑First Annual May Festival of the University of Michigan, 1924. University of Michigan. p. 122.

• Emanuel Bay at IMDb