Josef Isaakovitch Press (; 1882 or 1883 – October 4, 1924)ПРЕСС Иосиф Исаакович. Музыкальная энциклопедия, 1973-1982 was a Russian-American cellist.
Biography Joseph Press was born in Vilnius in 1882 or 1883. He won a gold prize scholarship to the Moscow Conservatory. After graduating, he performed as a soloist, and became head of the cello department at the Petrograd Conservatory.The Violinist, Volume 21, page 196
He performed in the concerts of the Society for Jewish Folk Music which also featured violinists Jascha Heifetz and Efrem Zimbalist the bass Feodor Chaliapin.Juilliard: A History by Andrea Olmstead (2002), page 50 In 1921, he emigrated to America with his brother, Michael Press.George Eastman: A Biography by Elizabeth Brayer (2006), page 465Violins and Violinists' Magazine, Volumes 11-12, page 14 Ernest N. Doring - 1950 "The instrument belonged later to the late Joseph Press, also of Russian birth, who with his brother Michael achieved eminence here. Joseph Press died at Rochester in 1924. The cello is now in New York"
He began teaching at the Eastman School of Music in 1922. He died of pneumonia in Rochester, New York on October 4, 1924.George Eastman: A Biography by Elizabeth Brayer (2006), page 322
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