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...years almost to the day since Nathan Milstein made his New York debut. Now 55, he belongs to the tradition of such great Russian-Jewish violinists as Jascha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, Efrem Zimbalist, all of whom were, like Milstein, trained by the late great Leopold Auer. In the generation that has passed since Milstein first appeared on the U.S. musical scene, he has transformed himself without fanfare from a dazzling virtuoso to a mature master, not only of bravura composers such as Max Bruch and Sarasate, but of Brahms, Beethoven and Bach. Little interested in contemporary music...
...wealthy Russian wool importer, Milstein was guided into a virtuoso's career by his ambitious mother, freely admits that he was unenthusiastic about the violin until he was 16 and began to give public recitals. In 1925 he left Russia for Western Europe with his lifelong friend, Pianist Vladimir Horowitz...
...VIENNA FESTIVAL, 1959. The International Festival of the Vienna Concert House Society. Soloist's Concert. Nathan Milstein, violinist, plays works of J. S. Bach. (Broadcasting Foundation of America...
Violinists: Yehudi Menuhin, Nathan Milstein, Erica Morini, Michael Rabin, Ruggiero Ricci, Isaac Stern, Roman Totenberg...
Other officers elected were Lee Ryan '60, of Adams House, Political Action Chairman; Charles Weiss '59, of Dunster House, Secretary; Ralph Goldenberg '60, of Eliot House, Treasurer; John Coffey '61, of Thayer Hall, Membership Chairman; and Herbert Milstein '58, of Leverett House, Public Relations Director...