# Mikhail Press
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'''Mikhail (Moisej) Isaakovich Press''', also known as '''Michael Press''', ({{langx|ru|Михаил Исаакович Пресс}}; 29 August 1871, in [Vilnius](/source/Vilnius), [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania) – 22 December 1938, in [Lansing, Michigan](/source/Lansing%2C_Michigan)) was a [Russian](/source/Russians)-American [violin](/source/violin)ist, [conductor](/source/Conducting) and [music educator](/source/music_educator).
Press began studying violin with Tissen at the age of eight in Vilnius, and made his first public appearance at ten years old. At the age of thirteen he was concert master in the Vilna Opera House. For some years he was conductor of the Karatayev Opera Company, travelling all over Russia.
Press entered the [Moscow Conservatory](/source/Moscow_Conservatory) in 1897 studying violin with [Jan Hřímalý](/source/Jan_H%C5%99%C3%ADmal%C3%BD) and graduated with a gold medal in 1899. From 1901 to 1904 he was professor at the [Philharmonic Society Conservatory](/source/Russian_Academy_of_Theatre_Arts) in Moscow.[{{cite book | author =[Gdal Saleski](/source/Gdal_Saleski) | year =1927 | title =Famous Musicians of a Wandering Race | publisher =The Barnes Printing Co. | location=New York City | page =236 }}][{{cite book |title=Russian Composers and Musicians. A biographical Dictionary |first=Alexandria |last=Vodarsky-Shiraeff |page=104 |year=1940 |publisher=H. W. Wilson }}] Press played in chamber music ensembles and in 1905 organized the Russian Trio, a [piano trio](/source/piano_trio) which also included his wife Vera Maurina as pianist (graduate of Moscow Conservatory), and his brother [Joseph Press](/source/Joseph_Press) (Иосиф Пресс, 1881–1924), a gifted [cellist](/source/Cello).
From 1915 to 1918, Press taught at the Moscow Conservatory, succeeding Hřímalý as Professor of Violin. He narrowly escaped execution during the [Russian Revolution](/source/Russian_Revolution_(1917)) and fled to Germany[[http://www.marstonrecords.com/block/block_liner.htm The Dawn of Recording: The Julius Block Cylinders] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403002354/http://www.marstonrecords.com/block/block_liner.htm |date=2011-04-03 }} Retrieved 16 October 2010.] and [Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) where he conducted the [Gothenburg Symphony](/source/Gothenburg_Symphony) for two years.[[http://www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/strings98/inprint.html Strings Magazine (2001): ''A Who's Who for Cellists''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213092203/http://www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/strings98/inprint.html |date=2010-02-13 }} Retrieved 16 October 2010.] He taught at [Michigan State College](/source/Michigan_State_College) in [East Lansing, Michigan](/source/East_Lansing%2C_Michigan) from 1928–1938.[Summer Programs, 1935-1938, Bay View Archives, Bay View Association, Bay View, Mi.] Press was also a [composer](/source/composer) and conductor. He was guest conductor with the [Philadelphia Orchestra](/source/Philadelphia_Orchestra) and [Boston Symphony Orchestra](/source/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra),